Patent ID: 8421262

Claim:
A generator arrangement for a wind power plant comprising: a central support tube ( 9 ) having one end including a connecting structure ( 8 ) adapted to connect to a machine carrier ( 4 ), the other end of the central support tube ( 9 ) in supportive relationship with a hub ( 3 ), a stator ( 26 ) arranged concentrically with and exteriorly to the support tube ( 9 ) via a stator support structure ( 17 ), a support ring ( 28 ) arranged concentrically with and exteriorly to the support tube ( 9 ) and the support ring ( 28 ) being rotatably supported on the support tube ( 9 ) proximate the other end of the support tube ( 9 ), the support ring ( 28 ) positioned adjacent to and axially offset from the stator support structure ( 17 ), rigid hollow chamber support disc ( 30 ) arranged concentrically with and exteriorly to the support ring ( 28 ), the support ring ( 28 ) adapted to connect to the rigid hollow chamber support disc ( 30 ), the rigid hollow chamber support disc ( 30 ) including a hub-side wall ( 31 ) and an oppositely disposed generator-side wall ( 32 ) arranged in spaced relationship with web walls ( 33 , 34 ) disposed therebetween so as to form the rigid hollow chamber support disc ( 30 ), the generator-side wall ( 32 ) in supportive relationship with a rotor ( 29 ) which is arranged concentrically to the stator ( 26 ) and axially offset from the rigid hollow chamber support disc ( 30 ) and extends around the stator ( 26 ), the web walls ( 33 , 34 ) are separating walls, which extend radially between the hub-side wall ( 31 ) and the generator-side wall ( 32 ) or the web walls ( 33 , 34 ) are separating walls, which extend axially between the hub-side wall ( 31 ) and the generator-side wall ( 32 ) or the web walls ( 33 , 34 ) are separating walls, which extend radially and axially between the hub-side wall ( 31 ) and the generator-side wall ( 32 ).