US 11,719,282 B2
Cooling ring bracket
Tom Quist, Silkeborg (DK)
Assigned to SIEMENS GAMESA RENEWABLE ENERGY A/S
Filed by Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S, Brande (DK)
Filed on May 29, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/425,545.
Claims priority of application No. 18176279 (EP), filed on Jun. 6, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0376561 A1, Dec. 12, 2019
Int. Cl. F16C 33/58 (2006.01); F16C 43/04 (2006.01); F16C 33/64 (2006.01); F16C 37/00 (2006.01); F16L 3/04 (2006.01); F16L 3/223 (2006.01)
CPC F16C 43/04 (2013.01) [F16C 33/586 (2013.01); F16C 33/64 (2013.01); F16C 37/00 (2013.01); F16C 37/007 (2013.01); F16L 3/04 (2013.01); F16L 3/2235 (2013.01); F16C 2226/76 (2013.01); F16C 2300/14 (2013.01); F16C 2300/54 (2013.01); F16C 2360/31 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bracket for securing a number of cooling rings arranged on a bearing ring, which bracket comprises:
a lower surface configured to lie on the cooling rings, and a through-opening extending between an upper surface and the lower surface to accommodate a fastener for mounting the bracket to the bearing ring;
wherein the bracket is made of a resilient elastic material, and
wherein a body of the bracket has an upper level configured to be positioned over a gap between two adjacent cooling rings of the number of cooling rings and wherein the body of the bracket also has at least one inclined side face extending from the upper level toward the lower surface.