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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
May. 01, 2024
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Woo Hyun Lim, Incheon, KR;
Ki Seok Kim, Seongnam-si, KR;
Kyoung Chul Min, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Jong Sool Park, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Dae In Lee, Anyang-si, KR;
Yeo Hae Lee, Gunpo-si, KR;
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A universal drive including a ring gear, a sun gear in which a sun gear axis is moveable relative to a ring gear axis of the ring gear, a gear train constituted by a series of gears configured to connect the sun gear and the ring gear to each other, a link mechanism connected to the sun gear and the ring gear in the state in which relative rotation therebetween is allowed such that a power transmission state between the sun gear and the ring gear is continuously maintained while accommodating a change in the inter-axis distance between the sun gear and the ring gear, a carrier installed so as to support a rotating shaft of a final gear engaged with the ring gear, and a sliding member located between at least one of the gears and the carrier.