Patent ID: 9366330
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: F03D,F05B,F16H,Y02E,Y02P,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A gearbox supporting device of a wind turbine with a rotor, a substantially horizontally oriented rotor shaft, a gearbox and a main frame, said gearbox supporting device comprising: at least one rolling bearing arranged between a rotor hub and the gearbox and at least two supports on the gearbox, wherein the supports each have at least one central supporting body, at least one frame and a plurality of flat elastomer bodies that are clamped between the frame and the supporting body, wherein at least two of the supports are fixed bearings for absorbing at least 95% of rotor thrust acting in an axial direction of the rotor shaft during operation of the wind turbine.