US 11,938,809 B2
Universal driving device
Jong Sool Park, Whasung-Si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Mar. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/694,133.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0094436 (KR), filed on Jul. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0020023 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. F16H 37/12 (2006.01); B60K 7/00 (2006.01); B60K 17/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 17/043 (2013.01) [B60K 7/0007 (2013.01); F16H 37/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A universal driving apparatus comprising:
a sun gear rotatably provided;
a ring gear in which a ring gear axis is moveable relative to a sun gear axis; and
a gear train engaging the sun gear to the ring gear and configured to allow a relative motion between the sun gear axis and the ring gear axis and to define a continuous power transmission state between the sun gear and the ring gear.