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US 2021/0122228 A1Published application
Vehicle wheel having a suspension and a steering device
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsSeong Hyun Son, Mi Yong Lee, Dae Jin Kim
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Abstract
A vehicle wheel having a suspension and a steering device is capable of not only simplifying a driving system but also reducing the number of parts and reducing weight. The vehicle wheel includes a suspension combined with a damper and a spring in a housing of a stator of an in-wheel motor embedded in each wheel of a vehicle and a steering device directly connected to the suspension.
Claims10
A vehicle wheel having a suspension and a steering device, the vehicle wheel comprising:
- an in-wheel motor including a rotor mounted on an inner diameter portion of a rim of a driving wheel and a stator disposed on an inner diameter portion of the rotor;
- a vehicle body mounting plate mounted at a predetermined position of a vehicle body;
- a tilting hub tiltably connected by the vehicle body mounting plate and a steering device, and disposed at a central portion of the rim;
- a plurality of dampers, each having one end portion fixed to an inner diameter portion of a housing of the stator and another end portion fixed to an outer surface of the tilting hub;
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- a spring elastically supported by being connected between the inner diameter portion of the housing of the stator and the outer surface of the tilting hub.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.