ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,436, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Flender GmbH (Bocholt, Germany).
"Operationally reliable bearing assembly for a pitch tube of a wind turbine" was invented by Christian Konig (Bocholt, Germany) and Lars Van Acken (Bocholt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing assembly for a pitch tube of a wind power plant includes a transmission shaft, a bearing cartridge for mounting and sealing the pitch tube with respect to the transmission shaft, a fastening flange which is configured by the transmission shaft or by the pitch tube for fastening the bearing cartridge in a non-rotational manner, and an insulation element which i...