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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 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 driving device includes a ring gear, a sun gear having a variable inter-axis distance with respect to a rotation shaft of the ring gear, a gear train including a series of gears configured to connect the sun gear and the ring gear, link mechanisms configured to accommodate a change in an inter-axis distance between the sun gear and the ring gear and rotatably connected with respect to each other to continuously maintain a power transmission state between the sun gear and the ring gear, a carrier configured to support a rotation shaft of a final gear engaged with the ring gear, among the gears constituting the gear train, a sun gear bearing positioned between the rotation shaft of the sun gear and each of the link mechanisms, and a sleeve positioned between the sun gear bearing and each of the link mechanisms.