Omnidirectional rotation drive apparatus
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorsJun Ho Seong, Sang Woo Hwang
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Abstract
An omnidirectional rotation drive apparatus includes a knuckle connected to a vehicle body, a wheel body unit rotatably fixed to the knuckle, a sub-wheel drive shaft rotatably supported on the wheel body unit, sub-wheel units rotatably supported on the wheel body unit, and transmission units connected to the sub-wheel drive shaft to transmit rotational force from the sub-wheel drive shaft to the sub-wheel units. The sub-wheel units are rotated depending on an angular velocity difference between the wheel body unit and the sub-wheel drive shaft.
Claims13
An omnidirectional rotation drive apparatus comprising:
- a knuckle connected to a vehicle body;
- a wheel body unit rotatably fixed to the knuckle;
- a sub-wheel drive shaft rotatably supported on the wheel body unit;
- sub-wheel units rotatably supported on the wheel body unit;
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- transmission units connected to the sub-wheel drive shaft to transmit rotational force from the sub-wheel drive shaft to the sub-wheel units,
- wherein the sub-wheel units are rotated depending on an angular velocity difference between the wheel body unit and the sub-wheel drive shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.