US 11,952,055 B1
Electric independent steering apparatus
Byung Ki Oh, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Jae Geun Bang, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Assigned to Seohan Innobility Co., Ltd., Chungcheongbuk-do (KR); and Korea Movenex Co., Ltd., Ulsan (KR)
Appl. No. 18/286,751
Filed by Seohan Innobility Co., Ltd., Chungcheongbuk-do (KR); and Korea Movenex Co., Ltd., Ulsan (KR)
PCT Filed Jan. 21, 2022, PCT No. PCT/KR2022/001149
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 12, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/220378, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 20, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0048213 (KR), filed on Apr. 14, 2021.
Int. Cl. B62D 5/04 (2006.01); B62D 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 5/0418 (2013.01) [B62D 5/04 (2013.01); B62D 7/18 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric independent steering apparatus comprising:
a first knuckle provided to be coupled to a strut portion and including an upper support extending and protruding outward from one end thereof and a lower support extending and protruding from a remaining end to face the upper support;
a second knuckle arranged to be rotatable with respect to the first knuckle and including a motor installed therein and a driving wheel connected to an outside thereof; and
a harmonic gear provided between the first knuckle and the second knuckle, connected to the motor, and configured to cause decelerated rotation of the second knuckle with respect to the first knuckle,
wherein the second knuckle, the motor, and the harmonic gear constitute a rotation module performing a steering function,
an upper pivot shaft is disposed in the upper support and a lower pivot shaft is disposed in the lower support to constitute a rotation center of the rotation module, and
a rotation shaft of the motor is provided between the upper pivot shaft and the lower pivot shaft and arranged on a line of a rotation center shaft formed therebetween.