Patent ID: 8907517

Claim:
A power transmission system for a wind turbine, comprising: a gearbox having a gearbox housing and a gearbox output member extending from the gearbox housing; and a generator including: a generator housing having a drive-end side and non-drive-end side, the drive-end side being coupled to the gearbox housing; a stator supported by the generator housing between the drive-end side and non-drive-end side; a rotor having a rotor shaft coupled to the gearbox output member so as to be driven thereby and a rotor body supported by the rotor shaft, at least a portion of the rotor shaft extending in an axial direction; a non-drive-end shield coupled to the non-drive-end side of the generator housing; a spindle extending from the non-drive-end shield in the axial direction; and at least one generator bearing positioned between the rotor shaft and spindle, wherein the at least one generator bearing supports the gearbox output member and rotor shaft.