US 12,134,438 B2
Steering device of independent drive wheel and independent drive module including same
Kyongwon Min, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Aug. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/458,785.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0115579 (KR), filed on Sep. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0073136 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. B62D 7/14 (2006.01); B62D 5/04 (2006.01); B62D 7/18 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 7/14 (2013.01) [B62D 5/0418 (2013.01); B62D 7/18 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A steering device of an independent drive wheel, comprising:
a base frame coupled to a vehicle body;
a drive device coupled to the base frame and configured to rotate an output shaft;
upper and lower arms coupled to the vehicle body and vertically spaced apart from each other;
a steering knuckle coupled directly to the upper and lower arms and configured to attach the independent drive wheel to the base frame through the upper and lower arms; and
a connecting device having a first end connected to the output shaft and a second end connected directly to the steering knuckle, the second end of the connecting device configured to transmit a driving force from the drive device to rotate the steering knuckle in a longitudinal direction of the connecting device.