Patent ID: 8298115

Claim:
A transmission assembly for inclusion in a power generation system of a wind turbine, having one or more wind driven rotor blades, the transmission assembly comprising: a transmission including an input carrier and a gear-train rotatably coupling the input carrier to a transmission output, the input carrier configured to transfer a rotational input from the rotor blades to the gear-train; and a removable input bearing cartridge coupled to a periphery of the input carrier, exterior to the gear-train, wherein the removable input bearing cartridge supports the input carrier, and wherein the input carrier and an output of the transmission are located on a common central rotating axis, and the input carrier is in axial alignment with the input bearing cartridge and positioned radially inwards therefrom, wherein the input carrier is coupled to a main shaft upwind from the removable input bearing cartridge and downwind from the one or more rotor blades.