Patents by Inventor Viktor Nickel

Viktor Nickel 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).

  • Publication number: 20220299012
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Ibrahim Muhamad, Gerald Festner, Viktor Nickel
  • Patent number: 8169095
    Abstract: A wind energy plant with a rotor, which is connected to a gearbox and/or a generator via a rotor shaft, wherein the rotor shaft is bearing mounted on a carrier unit via two taper roller bearings in an O arrangement, characterized in that each taper roller bearing has an inner and an outer race, wherein the inner races and the outer races are secured in their distance to each other in the axial direction with respect to the rotational axis of the rotor shaft via an adjustment device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Nitzpon, Matthias Zähr, Viktor Nickel
  • Publication number: 20100026005
    Abstract: A wind energy plant with a rotor, which is connected to a gearbox and/or a generator via a rotor shaft, wherein the rotor shaft is bearing mounted on a carrier unit via two taper roller bearings in an O arrangement, characterised in that each taper roller bearing has an inner and an outer race, wherein the inner races and the outer races are secured in their distance to each other in the axial direction with respect to the rotational axis of the rotor shaft via an adjustment device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: Nordex Energy GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Nitzpon, Matthias Zahr, Viktor Nickel