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Patent No.:

US 9862260 B1

Date of Patent:

Jan. 09, 2018

Filed:

Apr. 13, 2016

Powertrain for vehicle

Applicant:

Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;

Inventor:

Kyung Shin Lee, Whasung-Si, KR;

Assignee:

Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;

Attorney:

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Primary Examiner:

Derek D Knight

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

B60K 6/365 (2007.10); B60W 20/15 (2016.01); B60K 6/387 (2007.10); B60K 6/543 (2007.10); F16H 3/72 (2006.01); B60K 6/48 (2007.10); B60W 20/10 (2016.01); B60W 10/02 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); B60W 10/08 (2006.01); B60W 10/105 (2012.01); B60W 20/00 (2016.01); B60K 6/38 (2007.10);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

B60K 6/365 (2013.01); B60K 6/387 (2013.01); B60K 6/48 (2013.01); B60K 6/543 (2013.01); B60W 20/10 (2013.01); B60W 20/15 (2016.01); F16H 3/728 (2013.01); B60K 2006/381 (2013.01); B60W 10/02 (2013.01); B60W 10/06 (2013.01); B60W 10/08 (2013.01); B60W 10/105 (2013.01); B60W 20/00 (2013.01); B60W 2720/406 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/92 (2013.01); B60Y 2300/182 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/73 (2013.01); Y10S 903/91 (2013.01); Y10S 903/914 (2013.01); Y10S 903/918 (2013.01);

Abstract

A powertrain for a vehicle may include a power source, a left motor/generator and a right motor/generator, a left planetary gear set and a right planetary gear set each having a first rotary member connected to the power source, a second rotary member connected to driving wheels, and a third rotary member connected to either the left motor generator or the right motor generator, a brake configured to limit rotation of the first rotary member of each of the left planetary gear set and the right planetary gear set, a left clutch selectively connecting or disconnecting the second rotary member and the third rotary member of the left planetary gear set to or from each other, and a right clutch selectively connecting or disconnecting the second rotary member and the third rotary member of the right planetary gear set to or from each other.

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