US 12,221,820 B2
Vehicle hinge driving apparatus
Duck Young Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR); Jae Man Cho, Incheon (KR); Byung Ju Kang, Ansan-si (KR); Seung Yup Lee, Siheung-si (KR); and Kwang Hun Hong, Daegu (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); PHA Co., Ltd., Daegu (KR); and Keyang Electric Machinery Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR); PHA Co., Ltd., Daegu (KR); and Keyang Electric Machinery Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/846,317.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0135105 (KR), filed on Oct. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0112987 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. E05F 15/614 (2015.01)
CPC E05F 15/614 (2015.01) [E05Y 2201/11 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/434 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/72 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/726 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/531 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A vehicle hinge driving apparatus for driving a vehicle hinge mounted between a door component and a vehicle body, the vehicle hinge driving apparatus comprising:
an actuator;
a housing connected to the actuator;
an output shaft having an axis aligned with an axis of the housing; and
a transmission mechanism configured to vary a torque generated by the actuator and to transmit the torque to the output shaft, wherein the transmission mechanism comprises:
a plurality of gear sets arranged in a line along the axis of the output shaft, the plurality of gear sets comprising a proximal gear set closely connected to the actuator and a distal gear set located far from the actuator; and
a dummy plate detachably provided to replace at least one gear set among the plurality of gear sets.