Vehicle using eccentric wheel
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsHun Keon Ko, Eun Ho Seo, Joo Young Chun, Jun Hwan Park
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a vehicle body, at least one wheel includes an annular tire that rotates to drive the vehicle body along a main driving direction, a wheel gear disposed on an inner surface of the tire, and an in-wheel actuator that is connected to the wheel gear and that rotates to rotate the tire, and positioning devices that are fixed to the vehicle body and that rotate the at least one wheel relative to the vehicle body to change positions of the at least one wheel relative to the vehicle body, the at least one wheel being coupled to at least one positioning device so as to be rotatable.
Claims18
A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body;
- and
- at least one wheel including:
- an annular tire configured to rotate to drive the vehicle body along a main driving direction,
- a wheel gear disposed on an inner surface of the tire, and an in-wheel actuator connected to the wheel gear and configured to rotate so as to rotate the tire;
- and
- at least one positioning device fixed to the vehicle body and configured to rotate the at least one wheel relative to the vehicle body to change positions of the at least one wheel relative to the vehicle body,
- wherein the at least one wheel is coupled to the at least one positioning device so as to be rotatable,
- wherein an axis of rotation of the tire is different than an axis of rotation of the in-wheel actuator;
- wherein an axis of rotation of the tire is parallel with an axis of rotation of the in-wheel actuator;
- and
- wherein when the at least one wheel rotates relative to the vehicle body to change positions of the at least one wheel relative to the vehicle body, positions of axis of rotation of the tire relative to the axis of rotation of the in-wheel actuator are changed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.