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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
May. 14, 2018
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
An automatic transmission may include rotation shaft, sliding unit mounted on the rotation shaft and slidable up and down along the rotation shaft, diaphragm spring coupled to the sliding unit and deformed to be oriented toward first or second end of the rotation shaft along the rotation shaft according to position of the sliding unit, shift fork connected to the sliding unit or the diaphragm spring and configured to cause synchronizer to engage with speed change gear according to the position of the sliding unit, sliding-unit position adjuster connected to the sliding unit and adjusting the position of the sliding unit by causing the sliding unit to slide up or down along the rotation shaft, and controller for controlling the sliding-unit position adjuster to adjust elastic force of the diaphragm spring according to the vehicle speed by causing the sliding unit to slide upward or downward along the rotation shaft.