Vehicle hinge driving apparatus
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Pha Co., Ltd., Keyang Electric Machinery Co., Ltd.
InventorsDuck Young Kim, Jae Man Cho, Byung Ju Kang, Seung Yup Lee, Kwang Hun Hong
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Abstract
An embodiment vehicle hinge driving apparatus for driving a vehicle hinge mounted between a door component and a vehicle body includes an actuator, a housing connected to the actuator, an output shaft having an axis aligned with an axis of the housing, and a transmission mechanism configured to vary a torque generated by the actuator and to transmit the torque to the output shaft.
Claims20
A vehicle hinge driving apparatus for driving a vehicle hinge mounted between a door component and a vehicle body, the vehicle hinge driving apparatus comprising:
- an actuator;
- a housing connected to the actuator;
- an output shaft having an axis aligned with an axis of the housing;
- and
- a transmission mechanism configured to vary a torque generated by the actuator and to transmit the torque to the output shaft, wherein the transmission mechanism comprises:
- a plurality of gear sets arranged in a line along the axis of the output shaft, the plurality of gear sets comprising a proximal gear set closely connected to the actuator and a distal gear set located far from the actuator;
- and
- a dummy plate detachably provided to replace at least one gear set among the plurality of gear sets.
A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body;
- a door component coupled to the vehicle body by a vehicle hinge mounted between the vehicle body and the door component;
- and
- a hinge driving apparatus configured to drive the vehicle hinge, the hinge driving apparatus comprising:
- an actuator;
- a housing connected to the actuator;
- an output shaft having an axis aligned with an axis of the housing;
- and
- a transmission mechanism configured to vary a torque generated by the actuator and to transmit the torque to the output shaft, wherein the transmission mechanism comprises:
- a plurality of gear sets arranged in a line along the axis of the output shaft, the plurality of gear sets comprising a proximal gear set closely connected to the actuator and a distal gear set located far from the actuator;
- and
- a dummy plate detachably provided to replace at least one gear set among the plurality of gear sets.
A vehicle hinge driving apparatus for driving a vehicle hinge mounted between a door component and a vehicle body, the vehicle hinge driving apparatus comprising:
- an actuator;
- a housing connected to the actuator, wherein an axis of the housing is aligned with a housing of the actuator;
- an output shaft having an axis aligned with the axis of the housing, wherein the output shaft comprises a support pin extending toward the actuator;
- and
- a transmission mechanism configured to vary a torque generated by the actuator and to transmit the torque to the output shaft, wherein the transmission mechanism comprises:
- a plurality of gear sets arranged in a line along the axis of the output shaft, the plurality of gear sets comprising a proximal gear set closely connected to the actuator and a distal gear set located far from the actuator;
- and
- a dummy plate detachably provided to replace at least one gear set among the plurality of gear sets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.