Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Corporation

Yeong Hoon Kim

Dong Hwan Hwang

Kang Hoon Lee

Jin Won Seok

A transmission apparatus may include a planetary gear set including three rotation elements, a dog clutch provided to selectively fix one rotation element of the planetary gear set, input and output shafts connected to two remaining rotation elements, a friction clutch provided to vary frictional force between two arbitrary rotation elements, a linear actuator provided to form linear displacement, a push member provided to receive the linear displacement and to apply pressure to the friction clutch to increase frictional force thereof, a return spring elastically supporting the push member in a direction of releasing the frictional force of the friction clutch, a one-way interlocking structure provided between a sleeve and the push member, and a release spring provided to elastically support the sleeve with respect to the push member in a direction of releasing the dog clutch.

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Seoul, South Korea

Yeong Hoon Kim