Patent ID: 9523348
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: F03D,F05B,F16C,Y02E,Y02P

Claim Text:
1. A rotor blade assembly for a wind turbine, the rotor blade assembly comprising: a rotor blade including a body extending between a blade root and a blade tip; a pitch bearing comprising an outer race, an inner race, and a plurality of roller elements between the outer race and the inner race such that the inner race is rotatable relative to the outer race, the inner race being coupled to the blade root, the outer race configured to couple to a hub of the wind turbine; and at least one shim plate configured between the inner race and the blade root, the shim plate comprising one or more through holes configured to receive at least one of a root bolt of the blade root or a hub bolt of the hub so as to couple the shim plate between one of the inner race and the blade root or the outer race and the hub, the shim plate comprising a plurality of segments, each of the segments comprising at least one slot, wherein the slots of each segment form the through holes when the segments are connected, wherein the shim plate is configured to mitigate loads in the pitch bearing.