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US 2025/0074109 A1Published application
Omnidirectional rotation drive device
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorSang Woo Hwang
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Abstract
An omnidirectional rotation drive device includes a knuckle connected to a vehicle body, a wheel body configured to rotate around the knuckle, a plurality of sub-wheel units rotatably supported on the wheel body, and a bevel gear located in the wheel body and configured to rotate around the knuckle. The plurality of sub-wheel units is rotated depending on a difference between an angular speed of the wheel body and an angular speed of the bevel gear.
Claims17
An omnidirectional rotation drive device comprising:
- a knuckle connected to a vehicle body;
- a wheel body configured to rotate around the knuckle;
- a plurality of sub-wheel units rotatably supported on the wheel body;
- and
- a bevel gear located in the wheel body and configured to rotate around the knuckle,
- wherein the plurality of sub-wheel units are configured to rotate depending on a difference between an angular speed of the wheel body and an angular speed of the bevel gear.
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An omnidirectional rotation drive device comprising:
- a knuckle connected to a vehicle body;
- a wheel body configured to rotate around the knuckle;
- a plurality of sub-wheel units rotatably supported on the wheel body;
- a bevel gear located in the wheel body and configured to rotate around the knuckle;
- and
- a plurality of drive shafts rotatably supported on the wheel body and configured to connect the bevel gear to the plurality of sub-wheel units,
- wherein the plurality of drive shafts is configured and arranged not to be parallel to the bevel gear.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.