US 12,202,348 B2
360-degree rotatable wheel apparatus and multi wheel drive mobility using the same
Jung Hun Choi, Hwaseong-Si (KR); Dong Hyun Ha, Seoul (KR); and Jae Wung Jung, Bucheon-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 Oct. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/507,544.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0067860 (KR), filed on May 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0379660 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. B60K 7/00 (2006.01); B60G 3/01 (2006.01); B60G 11/14 (2006.01); B60K 17/34 (2006.01); B62D 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60K 7/00 (2013.01) [B60G 3/01 (2013.01); B60G 11/14 (2013.01); B60K 7/0007 (2013.01); B60K 17/358 (2013.01); B62D 5/0418 (2013.01); B60K 2007/0038 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A 360-degree rotating wheel apparatus comprising:
a cap unit defining a driving space at a lower side of the cap unit;
an in-wheel driving unit provided in the driving space in the cap unit and configured to generate a driving force during operation thereof; and
an angle adjustment unit coupling the in-wheel driving unit and the cap unit to each other and configured to cause the in-wheel driving unit to rotate in a circumferential direction of the cap unit so that a traveling direction of the 360-degree rotating wheel apparatus determined according to operation of the in-wheel driving unit is changed by 360 degrees around a vertical axis of the 360-degree rotating wheel apparatus,
wherein the angle adjustment unit includes:
a ring unit provided in the driving space in the cap unit and extending in a shape of a ring along a circumference of the cap unit, wherein a driveshaft extending from the in-wheel driving unit is connected to the ring unit; and
a power transmission unit provided in the cap unit and connected to the ring unit to rotate the ring unit depending on whether the power transmission unit operates.