US 11,867,147 B2
Assembly tools and methods for a direct drive wind turbine generator
Pablo Pozo Torres, Barcelona (ES); Alvaro Frances Perez, Barcelona (ES); Josep Bosch-Collado, Barcelona (ES); and Isidre Guasch Aragonès, Barcelona (ES)
Assigned to General Electric Renovables Espana, S.L., Barcelona (ES)
Filed by General Electric Renovables Espana, S.L., Barcelona (ES)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/846,163.
Claims priority of application No. 21382554 (EP), filed on Jun. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0412316 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. F03D 13/10 (2016.01)
CPC F03D 13/10 (2016.05) [F05B 2220/706 (2013.01); F05B 2230/60 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for assembling a wind turbine hub, a main frame, and a generator, the method comprising;
vertically moving one of the wind turbine hub or the generator towards the other of the generator or the wind turbine hub;
attaching the wind turbine hub and the generator to form a hub-generator assembly;
rotating the hub-generator assembly while gripping the wind turbine hub, wherein the hub-generator assembly is rotated about a rotation axis that extends through the wind turbine hub; and
attaching the hub-generator assembly to the main frame.