Patent ID: 6334746
Filing Date: 2002-01-01
Classification: F16M

Abstract:
A system for transporting a power generation unit comprising:an elongated trailer mounted on a plurality of wheels on axles spaced from one another along the length of the trailer; an electromotive machine having a rotor rotatable about an axis and disposed on said trailer, said machine being secured to the trailer and being located with the rotor axis extending in a length direction of the trailer; a sub-base; a turbine having a rotor rotatable about an axis and fixed to said sub-base; the turbine and the electromotive machine being mounted on said sub-base and said trailer, respectively, with the rotor axes thereof in substantial axial alignment relative to one another; said sub-base adjacent an end thereof proximate said electromotive machine being connected to said trailer for pivotal movement about a transverse axis normal to said length direction of the trailer; and a mounting between said trailer and said sub-base adjacent an opposite end of said sub-base remote from said electromotive machine limiting joint pivotal movement of said sub-base and an opposite end of said turbine from said electromotive machine about the transverse axis in a generally vertical direction whereby the axes of said rotors are maintained in approximate axial alignment relative to one another daring transport of the power generation unit on the trailer.