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
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An embodiment vehicle hinge driving apparatus includes an actuator, a housing connected to the actuator, an output shaft having an axis aligned with an axis of the housing, a transmission mechanism configured to transmit a torque from the actuator to the output shaft, and a brake unit configured to provide a brake torque to the output shaft.
Claims20
A vehicle hinge driving apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- an actuator;
- a housing connected to the actuator;
- an output shaft having an axis aligned with an axis of the housing;
- a transmission mechanism configured to transmit a torque from the actuator to the output shaft;
- and
- a brake unit configured to provide a brake torque to the output shaft.
A vehicle hinge driving apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- an actuator;
- a housing connected to the actuator;
- an output shaft having an axis aligned with an axis of the housing;
- a transmission mechanism configured to transmit a torque from the actuator to the output shaft;
- a brake unit configured to provide a brake torque to the output shaft, wherein the brake unit comprises a first friction disk mounted on the output shaft and a second friction disk mounted on the housing, the first friction disk contacting the second friction disk;
- and
- a hinge rod connected to the output shaft, wherein the hinge rod extends in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the output shaft.
A method of providing a vehicle hinge driving apparatus, the method comprising:
- connecting a housing to an actuator;
- providing an output shaft having an axis aligned with an axis of the housing;
- providing a transmission mechanism that transmits a torque from the actuator to the output shaft;
- and
- providing a brake unit that provides a brake torque to the output shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.