Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Corporation

Kia Motors Corporation

Jin Hyung Kong

Jong Sool Park

Hyung J Lee

Jong Chan Park

Jin Ho Kim

Jong Sung Kim

Jin Young Hwang

Jae Joon Lee

Wook Jin Jang

Sung Whan Min

A universal wheel driving system includes a sun gear provided to receive power from a power source mounted in a vehicle body, a ring gear to which a wheel is concentrically connected, a gear train engaged to the sun gear and the ring gear and configured to transfer the power between the sun gear and the ring gear while allowing relative motion between the rotation shafts of the sun gear and the ring gear, a carrier supporting a final pinion of the gear train and gear-meshing with the ring gear so that a position of the rotation shaft of the final pinion remains unchanged with respect to a position of the rotation shaft of the ring gear, and a suspension portion provided to support the carrier against the sun gear so that the ring gear and the carrier move up and down with respect to the vehicle body.

Universal wheel driving system

A universal wheel driving system includes a sun gear provided to receive power from a power source, a ring gear provided so that a rotation axis thereof is moved relative to a rotation axis of the sun gear and a wheel is concentrically connected to the ring gear, at least one gear train engaged to the sun gear and the ring gear and configured to allow relative motion between the rotation axes of the sun gear and the ring gear and to form a continuous power transmission state therebetween, a carrier constantly supporting a position of a rotation axis of a final pinion of the at least one gear train with respect to a position of the rotation axis of the ring gear, and a suspension portion configured to support the carrier to be movable upward and downward with respect to a vehicle body.

A universal wheel driving system includes a sun gear receiving power from a power source, a ring gear, of which a rotation axis moves relatively to a rotation axis of the sun gear on a rotation plane parallel to a rotation plane of the sun gear, the ring gear being concentrically connected to a wheel, a gear train allowing relative movement between the rotational axes of the sun and ring gears, and to generate a continuous power transmission between the sun and ring gears, a carrier forming the gear train, and supporting in position a rotation axis of a final pinion engaged with the ring gear constant with respect to the rotation axis of the ring gear, and a plurality of suspension modules providing shock-absorbing and damping during relative movements of the ring gear and carrier with respect to the sun gear.

A transmission for an electric vehicle may include a first planetary gear set; a first motor configured to input power to a first rotation element of the first planetary gear set; a differential configured to receive power output from a second rotation element of the first planetary gear set; a second motor configured to selectively provide power to a third rotation element of the first planetary gear set; a second planetary gear set including a first rotation element which is directly connected to the differential, and a second rotation element which is configured to selectively receive power from the second motor; and a third planetary gear set including a third rotation element which is directly connected to a third rotation element of the second planetary gear set, a second rotation element which is fixed, and a first rotation element which is directly connected to a selected output shaft of the differential.

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