Patent 9419495 was granted and assigned to Miba (Museum Of Ideas & Inventions Barcelona) on August, 2016 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A wind turbine has a rotor and a generator. A planetary transmission is arranged between the rotor and the generator, the planetary transmission being operatively connected to the rotor and the generator. The planetary transmission has at least one planet gear, at least one planet pin, and a planet carrier, the planet gear being arranged on the planet pin. At least one sliding bearing is arranged between the planet pin and the planet carrier, and the planet gear is rotationally fixed to the planet pin.