US 12,269,540 B2
Drive module having wheel
Geun Sang Yu, Chungcheongnam-do (KR); Hun Keon Ko, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Joo Young Chun, Seoul (KR); and Eun Ho Seo, Gyeonggi-do (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 Sep. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/480,583.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0025051 (KR), filed on Feb. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0266892 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 5/04 (2006.01); B60K 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 5/0418 (2013.01) [B60K 7/0007 (2013.01); B62D 5/0481 (2013.01); B60K 2007/0092 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A drive module, comprising:
a wheel;
a drive part having one side coupled to the wheel; and
a sensor part configured to detect a motion of the drive part,
wherein the drive part includes:
a first motor having a first rotary shaft and configured to rotate the wheel about the first rotary shaft;
a second motor having a second rotary shaft spaced apart from the first rotary shaft in a radial direction R of the wheel, the second motor being configured to rotate the wheel about the second rotary shaft; and
a third motor having a third rotary shaft extending in a direction intersecting the first rotary shaft and the second rotary shaft, the third motor being configured to steer the wheel about the third rotary shaft, and
wherein the sensor part includes:
a first sensor configured to detect a motion of the first rotary shaft;
a second sensor configured to detect a motion of the second rotary shaft; and
a third sensor configured to detect a motion of the third rotary shaft.