Patents by Inventor Ibrahim Muhamad
Ibrahim Muhamad has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11920567Abstract: A rotor bearing housing for a wind turbine has: a bearing body for receiving a rotor shaft of the wind turbine, a support body arranged under the bearing body and configured to be coupled at a first end to a base element in order to transmit a force flow between the bearing body and the base element. The base element is arrangeable under the support body for the purposes of rotatable fastening to a first end of a tower of the wind turbine, the bearing body and the support body together forming a single-piece body, and the bearing body and the support body being configured such that, if a geometrical central point of the first receptacle for a rotor bearing is projected onto a cross-sectional plane of the first end of the tower, the geometrical central point is arranged outside a diameter of the tower at the first end.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Nordex Energy SE & Co. KGInventors: Ibrahim Muhamad, Gerald Festner
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Patent number: 11879440Abstract: A rotor bearing housing for a wind turbine has: a bearing body for receiving a rotor shaft of the wind turbine, a support body arranged under the bearing body and configured to be coupled at a first end to a base element in order to transmit a force flow between the bearing body and the base element. The base element is arrangeable under the support body for the purposes of rotatable fastening to a first end of a tower of the wind turbine, the bearing body and the support body together forming a single-piece body, and the bearing body and the support body being configured such that, if a geometrical central point of the first receptacle for a rotor bearing is projected onto a cross-sectional plane of the first end of the tower, the geometrical central point is arranged outside a diameter of the tower at the first end.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Nordex Energy SE & Co. KGInventors: Ibrahim Muhamad, Gerald Festner
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Patent number: 11761430Abstract: A bearing support arrangement for a wind turbine includes a support structure and a bearing housing. The bearing housing is arranged within the support structure. The arrangement further includes a bearing radially supported by the bearing housing. A rotor shaft is radially supported by the bearing and a removable wedge is arranged between the support structure and the bearing housing to clamp the bearing between the rotor shaft and the bearing housing. A method for mounting the bearing support arrangement for a wind turbine is also disclosed as is a wind turbine incorporating the bearing support arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Nordex Energy SE & Co. KGInventors: Ibrahim Muhamad, Gerald Festner
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Patent number: 11566599Abstract: A rotary connection for a rotor blade of a wind turbine. The rotary connection is used, for example, for adjusting a rotor blade of a wind turbine. The rotary connection according contains an outer ring and an inner ring. The inner ring has a contact surface in the direction of the rotor blade and a screw fixing surface in the direction of the rotor hub. The contact surface and the screw fixing surface are arranged parallel to each other and provided with passage holes, which each have a central axis. Rolling elements are arranged in at least two running rows located under each other between the outer ring and the inner ring, wherein the rolling elements each have a rolling element diameter. According to the invention, at least the lower running row is arranged with its rolling element centre underneath the screw fixing surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Inventor: Ibrahim Muhamad
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Publication number: 20220299014Abstract: A rotor bearing housing for a wind turbine has: a bearing body for receiving a rotor shaft of the wind turbine, a support body arranged under the bearing body and configured to be coupled at a first end to a base element in order to transmit a force flow between the bearing body and the base element. The base element being arrangeable under the support body for the purposes of rotatable fastening to a first end of a tower of the wind turbine, the bearing body and the support body together forming a single-piece body, and the bearing body and the support body being configured such that, if a geometrical central point of the first receptacle for a rotor bearing is projected onto a cross-sectional plane of the first end of the tower, the geometrical central point is arranged outside a diameter of the tower at the first end.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Ibrahim Muhamad, Gerald Festner
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Publication number: 20220299012Abstract: A gearbox support arrangement for a wind turbine includes: a gearbox housing, a torque support arrangement, a rotor bearing support structure, wherein the gearbox housing and the rotor bearing support structure are arranged next to each other along a longitudinal axis, the torque support arrangement couples the gearbox housing and the rotor bearing support structure with each other such that torque loads are transmittable between the gearbox housing and the rotor bearing support structure. The torque support arrangement includes a decoupling device configured to transmit the torque loads between the gearbox housing and the rotor bearing support structure and to reduce the transmission of vibrations and reaction loads between the gearbox housing and the rotor bearing support structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2022Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Ibrahim Muhamad, Gerald Festner, Viktor Nickel
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Publication number: 20220163016Abstract: A bearing support arrangement for a wind turbine includes a support structure and a bearing housing. The bearing housing is arranged within the support structure. The arrangement further includes a bearing radially supported by the bearing housing. A rotor shaft is radially supported by the bearing and a removable wedge is arranged between the support structure and the bearing housing to clamp the bearing between the rotor shaft and the bearing housing. A method for mounting the bearing support arrangement for a wind turbine is also disclosed as is a wind turbine incorporating the bearing support arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2021Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventors: Ibrahim Muhamad, Gerald Festner
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Patent number: 11047363Abstract: The disclosure relates to a support structure of a wind turbine, in particular a main frame. An object is to develop an ideal load distribution and stiffness distribution of the main frame with a least possible use of material. The main frame is intended optimally to fulfill the requirements with respect to the operating and extreme loads and the stiffness for the given space conditions inside the nacelle. The main frame has a top, bottom, front and rear side, and includes a circumferential annular wall between the bottom and the top side. The main frame includes two lateral portions of the wall that extend between the front side and the rear side of the main frame. Additionally included are two lateral flanges on the top side of the main frame, a plurality of arms being arranged inside the wall. The arms are connected to the wall via a box profile.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Nordex Energy SE & Co. KGInventors: Ibrahim Muhamad, Nils Toenissen, Torsten Wackrow
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Publication number: 20210071634Abstract: A rotary connection for a rotor blade of a wind turbine. The rotary connection is used, for example, for adjusting a rotor blade of a wind turbine. The rotary connection according contains an outer ring and an inner ring. The inner ring has a contact surface in the direction of the rotor blade and a screw fixing surface in the direction of the rotor hub. The contact surface and the screw fixing surface are arranged parallel to each other and provided with passage holes, which each have a central axis. Rolling elements are arranged in at least two running rows located under each other between the outer ring and the inner ring, wherein the rolling elements each have a rolling element diameter. According to the invention, at least the lower running row is arranged with its rolling element centre underneath the screw fixing surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventor: Ibrahim MUHAMAD
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Publication number: 20190285056Abstract: The disclosure relates to a support structure of a wind turbine, in particular a main frame. An object is to develop an ideal load distribution and stiffness distribution of the main frame with a least possible use of material. The main frame is intended optimally to fulfill the requirements with respect to the operating and extreme loads and the stiffness for the given space conditions inside the nacelle. The main frame has a top, bottom, front and rear side, and includes a circumferential annular wall between the bottom and the top side. The main frame includes two lateral portions of the wall that extend between the front side and the rear side of the main frame. Additionally included are two lateral flanges on the top side of the main frame, a plurality of arms being arranged inside the wall. The arms are connected to the wall via a box profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventors: Ibrahim Muhamad, Nils Toenissen, Torsten Wackrow
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Publication number: 20180274519Abstract: A rotary joint of a wind turbine and toothing for a rotary joint is provided to reduce the production cost for a rotary joint and to enable a stiffening of the rotary joint. An inner ring or outer ring of a rotary joint (bearing) is not completely bored before the milling of the teeth. The material above the teeth is completely retained as a circumferential residual material ring in the blank of the inner ring or the outer ring. The individual teeth are milled by the milling tool only until the required tooth height is reached. The residual material above the teeth is completely retained circumferentially. It reinforces and stiffens the inner ring or the outer ring of the rotary joint. The individual teeth are stabilized at the end face by the residual material above the teeth at the transition to the solid material.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: Nordex Energy GmbHInventors: Christine MANTEUFFEL, Ibrahim MUHAMAD
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Patent number: 8579516Abstract: A roller cage for a rolling bearing, particularly a double roller cage for a cylinder rolling bearing, which has a ring web with axially extending webs. Every two adjacent webs delimit a receptacle pocket for a rolling element with a floor thereof being formed by the ring web. Each web has a radial outer and inner base side connected to each other by an axial outer face side. The face side of the radial outer base side is tapered toward the radial inner base side. To increase the rigidity of the webs with regard to trouble-free removal and installation of the rolling bearing, the radial inner base side is trapezoidal such that a web width of the radial inner base side increases from the face side to the floor of the receptacle pocket.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2009Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KGInventor: Ibrahim Muhamad
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Publication number: 20110229066Abstract: A roller cage for a rolling bearing, particularly a double roller cage for a cylinder rolling bearing, which has a ring web with axially extending webs. Every two adjacent webs delimit a receptacle pocket for a rolling element, with a floor thereof being formed by the ring web. Each web has a radial outer and inner base side connected to each other by an axial outer face side. The face side of the radial outer base side is tapered toward the radial inner base side. To increase the rigidity of the webs with regard to trouble-free removal and installation of the rolling bearing, the radial inner base side is trapezoidal such that a web width of the radial inner base side increases from the face side to the floor of the receptacle pocket.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2009Publication date: September 22, 2011Applicant: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Ibrahim Muhamad