ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,199, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Eolotec GmbH (Nuremberg, Germany).
"Method for extending the service life of a main bearing assembly of a wind turbine" was invented by Mathias Pick (Nuremberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A main bearing assembly of a wind turbine includes at least one main bearing with a rotation axis and at least one bearing row in which a rotor shaft of the wind turbine is mounted. The main bearing assembly has at least one stationary bearing ring, a circulating bearing ring and rolling elements. A method of extending the service life or servicing the main bearing assembly includes rotating the st...