Direct-drive wind turbine including multiple bearing sets and inner and outer frame structure members axially extending through a generator core for supporting the …

JE Hemmelmann, JF Buezas - US Patent 11,434,877, 2022 - Google Patents
Abstract Direct-drive wind turbines (160) are disclosed. The wind turbine comprise a
generator (3) mounted on a frame (1), the generator (3) comprising a generator stator (32) …

Assemblies for wind turbines and methods

T Drots, J Bosch-Collado, PP TORRES - US Patent 12,006,910, 2024 - Google Patents
The present disclosure relates to an assembly comprising a rotor hub, a generator rotor, and
a shaft for supporting the generator rotor on a stationary frame, wherein the rotor hub is …

Supporting structures and methods for a central frame of a direct-drive wind turbine

AH FERRE - US Patent 11,835,027, 2023 - Google Patents
The present disclosure relates to supporting structures for a central frame of a direct-drive
wind turbine and methods for managing such structures. A supporting structure is configured …