Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

Kia Corporation

Keyang Electric Machinery Co., Ltd.

Pyeong Hwa Valeo Co., Ltd.

Motonic Corporation

Baekyu Kim

Chulmin Ahn

SungGon Byun

Seok Joon Kim

Yeonho Kim

Junyoung Ha

Kyungha Kim

Su Hyeon Maeng

Hee Ra Lee

Sungik Bae

Insup Kim

Hyunsup Kim

SeongGon Byun

Seokjoon Kim

KwangMin Choi

Jang Mi Lee

Tae Sic Park

Dong Hui Cheon

Wansoo Kim

Heera Lee

Jieun Kim

Tae Hyun Kim

Sun Sung Kwon

Buhm Joo Suh

Jun Hoi Huh

Keunseok Lee

Jae Heon Lee

Yohan Kim

Jinho Jang

Jangmi Lee

Junhoi Huh

Taesic Park

Hongkyu Lee

Man-Dae Hur

Wookyo Jang

Namhun Lee

Hee Youl Lee

Min Sung Kim

Youngjin Park

Kum Lim Choi

YoungChul Kim

Jinkuk Cho

Seok Huyn Kim

Jaemoon Lee

Jaeshin Yi

Kyoung Joo Kim

Taewon Kim

Seongeun Park

JongPil Kim

Wan Soo Kim

Jae Wang Lee

Jeong Mo Jang

Talchol Kim

Kumlim Choi

Jinsook Lee

Samgyun Kim

Jaeyoung Jeun

Hongchcol Moon

Jungchul Kim

Junglyung Choi

Myung-Kweon Kang

Yoon-Sub So

Hongcheol Moon

Chang-Hwa Kim

Donghui Cheon

Seungwoo Ha

Suhyeon Maeng

A lubrication structure of a planetary gear set includes a hollow shaft on which the planetary gear set is disposed and forming an oil passage in an axial direction thereof and a plurality of oil holes in a radial direction thereof to supply a lubrication oil to the planetary gear set, and an internal pipe provided within the oil passage of the hollow shaft, wherein a gap chamber is formed between the internal pipe and the hollow shaft with a preset gap, where a plurality of oil supply holes are formed through the internal pipe in the radial direction to fluidically communicate the gap chamber and an internal space of the internal pipe.

Lubrication structure of planetary gear set utilizing inner pipe

A planetary gear apparatus for a power transmission apparatus including a transmission housing includes a sun gear provided on a first shaft, first and second planet carriers rotatably supporting pinion gears gear-engaged with the sun gear, and a ring gear gear-engaged with the pinion gears, where an internal circumference of the sun gear is spline-engaged with an external circumference of the first shaft, where first and second support shafts are fixed to first and second side surfaces of the ring gear, respectively, where the first support shaft is rotatably supported by a supporting frame fixed to the transmission housing, interposing a first bearing, where the second support shaft is rotatably supported by the transmission housing, interposing a second bearing, where the first planet carrier is rotatably supported by the first support shaft interposing a third bearing, and where the second planet carrier is fixedly connected to a connection end portion of a second shaft.

Planetary gear set for power transmission apparatus

A torque vectoring apparatus receiving a vehicle driving torque from a motor-generator may include a speed reduction device configured of reducing a rotation speed of a torque received from the motor-generator, a differential device differentially outputting the speed-reduced torque to two output shafts, a torque vectoring control motor outputting a control torque, a torque vectoring apparatus engaged to the torque vectoring control motor and including two planetary gear sets to control a torque ratio output to the two output shafts by the control torque, and a torque multiplication device including a first planetary gear set having first to third rotation elements and being mounted on one of the two output shafts, the second rotation element being connected to the torque vectoring control motor, the third rotation element being fixedly connected to a transmission housing.

Torque vectoring apparatus

A torque vectoring apparatus receiving a vehicle driving torque from a motor-generator may include a speed reduction device engaged to the motor-generator and configured to reduce a rotation speed received from the motor-generator, a differential device engaged to the speed reduction device and configured to receive the speed-reduced torque from the speed reduction device and to differentially output torques to left and right output shafts, a vectoring control motor outputting a control torque, and a torque vectoring apparatus engaged to the vectoring control motor and including two planetary gear sets and controlling a torque ratio output to the left and right output shafts by the control torque of the torque vectoring control motor, wherein the differential device includes a differential case receiving a torque from the speed reduction device, the differential case is mounted between the two planetary gear sets rotatably on a connecting member connecting the two planetary gear sets, and side gears in the differential case are fixedly connected to the two planetary gear sets respectively.

A drive torque received from a power source is split and output to first and second output shafts through a torque vectoring apparatus including a torque vectoring device that controls a torque ratio of split torques, where the torque vectoring device includes a control motor, a first compound planetary gear set including first and second planetary gear sets having a shared first rotation element fixed to a housing, a second rotation element, and a third rotation element connected to the first output shaft, and a second compound planetary gear set including third and fourth planetary gear sets having a shared fourth rotation element connected to the control motor, a fifth rotation element connected to a second output shaft, and a sixth rotation element connected to the second rotation element.

Apparatus for torque vectoring

A torque vectoring system may include a first planetary gear set that may include first, second, and third rotation elements, wherein the first rotation element is selectively connectable to one of the left-side output shaft and the right-side output shaft through a coupling element, the second rotation element is selectively connectable to the one output shaft through a coupling element, and the third rotation element is fixedly connected to a housing; and a second planetary gear set that may include fourth, fifth, and sixth rotation elements, and the fourth rotation element is fixedly connected to the first rotation element, the fifth rotation element is connected to the differential such that power may be transmitted thereto, and the sixth rotation element is fixedly connected to the second rotation element.

System for torque vectoring

A drive torque received from a power source is split and output to first and second output shafts through a torque vectoring apparatus including a torque vectoring device that controls a torque ratio of split torques, where the torque vectoring device includes a control motor, a first compound planetary gear set including first and second planetary gear sets having a first rotation element fixed to a housing, a shared second rotation element connected to the first output shaft, and a third rotation element, and a second compound planetary gear set including third and fourth planetary gear sets having a shared fourth rotation element connected to the second output shaft, a fifth rotation element connected to a third rotation element, and a sixth rotation element connected to the control motor.

A lubrication system of a transmission includes a plurality of oil passages formed in an upper portion of a transmission case and supplied with churning oil, a plurality of oil outlets branched from respective oil passages formed in the transmission case and allowing oil supplied from the oil passages to free-fall, and an oil collecting portion formed at an interior of the case wall between the gear case and the motor case. In particular, the oil collecting portion collects oil free-falling from at least one oil outlet branched from at least one oil passage at the gear case, through a through-hole formed at a case wall of the gear case, and then supplies the collected oil to an exterior lubrication portion.

Oil lubrication system of transmission case

An electronic brake system includes an electromagnet housing in which an inner disk install end is integrally formed around the inside surface. An electromagnet is disposed inside of the electromagnet housing. A motor plate is installed at a motor/generator, and in which an outer disk install end disposed outside of the inner disk install end in a radial direction is integrally formed around one side surface. A disk unit is provided in which a plurality of the inner disks and the outer disks are overlapped between the inner disk install end and the outer disk install end to be combined each other through friction by virtual pressure. A piston is disposed according to the inside surface of the electromagnet housing, connected with a plunger being introduced along the support end of the rear cover, and operated by electromagnetic force of the electromagnet to supply virtual pressure to the disk unit.

Electromagnetic brake system for transmission

A power transmission apparatus for a hybrid vehicle may include a planetary gear set as a torque branching device disposed on the same axis with the engine; and a final reduction device having a final reduction gear receiving a torque of the engine and a torque of the second motor/generator, wherein, the torque of the engine is delivered to the final reduction gear through the planetary gear set, an intermediate shaft, and an output gear formed on an output shaft, and the torque of the second motor/generator is delivered to the final reduction gear through a shifting device facilitating multi-stages of torque transmission.

Power transmission apparatus of hybrid electric vehicle

A power transmission system for a hybrid electric vehicle may include an engine, a planetary gear set, and first and second motor/generators, and transmit rotational power of the engine and rotational power of the second motor/generator to a final reduction gear including a differential through independent paths, respectively, in which a sun gear is directly connected with the first motor/generator through a first motor shaft and selectively connectable with a transmission housing, a planet carrier is directly connected with an input shaft and connected with the transmission housing with a one-way clutch and a torque limiter positioned therebetween, a ring gear is directly connected with a first output gear and connected with a final reduction gear through a first intermediate shaft, and the second motor/generator is directly connected with a second output gear through a second motor shaft and connected with the final reduction gear through a second intermediate shaft.

Power transmission system for hybrid electric vehicle

A transmission system of a hybrid electric vehicle may include an input shaft connected to an engine, a planetary gear set including a first rotation element operated as an output element, a second rotation element connected to the input shaft and operated as an input element, and a third rotation element operated as another output element, a first motor operably connected to the first rotation element, and selectively connected to a transmission housing, a first motor/generator configured to generate electric energy by receiving torque through the first motor shaft, a second motor shaft being a hollow shaft, disposed at a radial exterior of the first motor shaft without rotational interference with the first motor shaft, and operably connected to the third rotation element so as to receive torque of the engine, and a second motor/generator disposed on the second motor shaft and outputting torque through the second motor shaft.

Transmission system of hybrid electric vehicle

A power transmission system of a hybrid electric vehicle may include an engine being a power source, a torque transmission device including four rotation shafts and a compound planetary gear set, the torque transmission device converting torque input from the engine, and outputting a converted torque, two supplemental power sources respectively connected to two rotation shafts among the four rotation shafts of the torque transmission device and supplying generated torque to the torque transmission device, two friction members selectively connecting two rotation shafts among the four rotation shafts of the torque transmission device to a transmission housing, an output device outputting torque transmitted from the torque transmission device, and a final reducing device decelerating torque transmitted from the output device and outputting the decelerated torque through a differential apparatus.

Power transmission system of hybrid electric vehicle

A transmission for a vehicle may include first and second input shafts, first and second shifting output units, a reverse speed idle unit and an electric driving force unit. Each input shaft may include a plurality of input gears having different numbers of gear teeth. The second input shaft may be hollow and disposed at a front side of the first input shaft without any rotational interference with the first input shaft. Each shifting output unit may include an output shaft, shift rotational driving force transferred through shifting gears selectively outer-engaging with corresponding input gears by a synchronizing unit and output the shifted rotational driving force through an output gear. The reverse speed idle unit may regulate reverse speed shifting. The electric driving force unit may selectively transfer rotational driving force of a motor/generator to the first input shaft or the second shifting output unit.

Power transmission apparatus for hybrid electric vehicle

A transmission system may include a planetary gear set disposed on an input shaft receiving power of an engine, two input gears connected respectively to two rotation elements among three rotation elements of the planetary gear set, first and second motor/generators disposed on an intermediate shaft and a connecting shaft disposed in parallel with the input shaft, two intermediate gears connected respectively to first and second rotors of the first and second motor/generators, a brake selectively connecting the first rotor of the first motor/generator to a transmission housing, and two output gears fixedly disposed on an output shaft disposed in parallel with the intermediate shaft and transmitting power transmitted through one input gear of the two input gears and/or one intermediate gear of the two intermediate gears to a final reduction gear of a differential apparatus.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Baekyu Kim