SPHERICAL JOURNAL BEARING FOR A WIND TURBINE DRIVETRAIN

A hydrodynamic journal bearing assembly for a drivetrain of a wind turbine includes a shaft and a semispherical convex surface provided on an outer surface of the shaft, the convex surface extending circumferentially around the shaft and having a convex cross-sectional profile oriented along a longi...

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1. Verfasser:	Moughon, Luke Frank
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	BEARINGS BLASTING ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS FLEXIBLE SHAFTS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS HEATING LIGHTING MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS MECHANICAL ENGINEERING OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS SHAFTS THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL WEAPONS WIND MOTORS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS MOTORS
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Zusammenfassung:	A hydrodynamic journal bearing assembly for a drivetrain of a wind turbine includes a shaft and a semispherical convex surface provided on an outer surface of the shaft, the convex surface extending circumferentially around the shaft and having a convex cross-sectional profile oriented along a longitudinal axis of the shaft. A bearing housing is arranged circumferentially around the semispherical convex surface, the bearing housing having s a reservoir in a bottom portion thereof for a bearing fluid. A static semispherical concave bearing surface in the bearing housing defines a bearing interface with the semispherical convex surface on the shaft, wherein a layer of the fluid is provided in the bearing interface as the shaft and rotates through the reservoir.