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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2024
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Woo Hyun Lim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Dae In Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Ki Seok Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Kyoung Chul Min, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jong Sool Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Kyung Won Suh, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Yeo Hae Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
The present disclosure includes a ring gear, a final gear meshed with the ring gear, a carrier rotatably supporting the final gear, a sun gear having a rotation axis parallel to the rotation axis of the ring gear and installed to have a variable inter-axis distance, the sun gear being configured to receive power from outside, a link mechanism interconnecting the sun gear and the final gear so a connection angle changes depending on a change in the inter-axis distance between the sun gear and the ring gear, a gear train provided in the link mechanism to continuously establish a power transmission state between the sun gear and the ring gear regardless of the change in the inter-axis distance between the sun gear and the ring gear, and a carrier housing integrally coupled to the carrier and encasing the sun gear, the carrier, the ring gear, and the link mechanism.