ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,798, issued on June 24, was assigned to INVENTUS HOLDINGS LLC (Juno Beach, Fla.).
"Uptower main bearing replacement" was invented by Martin E. Lohan (Palm City, Fla.), Per Eske Fenger (Terndrup, Denmark), Charles Asheim (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.), Miguel A. Gonzalez (Jupiter, Fla.) and Daniel M. Brake (Hobe Sound, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for performing uptower maintenance of a wind turbine in order to replace the main bearing on the turbine shaft is disclosed. Embodiments of this method to perform maintenance may include installing a rotor lock to resist rotation of the main shaft during maintenance, providing a ...