IP Library Granted Patent US 9,827,841
Granted Patent B2
US 9,827,841 · App. 15/313,971 · Granted Nov 28, 2017

Wheel driving system for construction machinery

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Patent No.
US 9,827,841
App. No.
15/313,971
Granted
Nov 28, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wheel driving system includes a generator connected to an engine and configured to generate electrical energy, a front axle configured to drive at least one front wheel and including a front electric motor configured to produce a driving torque from the electrical energy supplied from the generator and transmit the driving torque to the front wheel via a front drive shaft, a rear axle configured to drive at least one rear wheel and including a rear electric motor configured to produce a driving torque from the electrical energy supplied from the generator and transmit the driving torque to the rear wheel via a rear drive shaft, and a central connection unit operatively connected to the front drive shaft and the rear drive shaft and configured to transmit the driving torque between the front axle and the rear axle.

Claims (21)

1. A wheel driving system, comprising:

a generator connected to an engine and configured to generate electrical energy;

a front axle configured to drive at least one front wheel and including a front electric motor configured to produce a driving torque from the electrical energy supplied from the generator and transmit the driving torque to the front wheel via a front drive shaft;

a rear axle configured to drive at least one rear wheel and including a rear electric motor configured to produce a driving torque from the electrical energy supplied from the generator and transmit the driving torque to the rear wheel via a rear drive shaft; and

a central connection unit operatively connected to the front drive shaft and the rear drive shaft and configured to transmit the driving torque between the front axle and the rear axle.

2. The wheel driving system of claim 1 , wherein the front wheel comprises a front left wheel and a front right wheel, and the front drive shaft comprises a front left drive shaft connected to the front left wheel and a front right drive shaft connected to the front right wheel,

further comprising a front drive shaft connection unit configured to connect the front left drive shaft and the front right drive shaft, and

wherein the central connection unit is operatively connected to the front drive shaft connection unit.

3. The wheel driving system of claim 2 , wherein the front drive shaft connection unit comprises a differential gear.

4. The wheel driving system of claim 1 , wherein the rear wheel comprises a rear left wheel and a rear right wheel, and the rear drive shaft comprises a rear left drive shaft connected to the rear left wheel and a rear right drive shaft connected to the rear right wheel,

further comprising a rear drive shaft connection unit configured to connect the rear left drive shaft and the rear right drive shaft, and

wherein the central connection unit is operatively connected to the rear drive shaft connection unit.

5. The wheel driving system of claim 4 , wherein the rear drive shaft connection unit comprises a differential gear.

6. The wheel driving system of claim 1 , wherein the central connection unit comprises a hollow steel pipe.

7. The wheel driving system of claim 1 , wherein the central connection unit comprises a propeller shaft.

8. The wheel driving system of claim 1 , wherein the central connection unit further comprises a torsional vibration damper configured to reduce torsion.

9. The wheel driving system of claim 1 , wherein the central connection unit further comprises a torsional damper.

10. The wheel driving system of claim 1 , wherein the front axle further comprises a front reduction gear and a front wheel brake on the front drive shaft, and the rear axle further comprises a rear reduction gear and a rear wheel brake on the rear drive shaft.

11. The wheel driving system of claim 1 , further comprising an energy storage device electrically connected to the generator, the front electric motor and the rear electric motor respectively, to store the electrical energy.

12. The wheel driving system of claim 11 , wherein the energy storage device is electrically connected to the generator, the front electric motor and the rear left electric motor through the combined inverter.

13. The wheel driving system of claim 11 , wherein the energy storage device comprises a battery or a capacitor.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 4, 2023
From: DOOSAN INFRACORE CO., LTD.
To: HYUNDAI DOOSAN INFRACORE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065761/0942 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 4, 2023
From: HYUNDAI DOOSAN INFRACORE CO., LTD.
To: HD HYUNDAI INFRACORE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065761/0957 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 25, 2016
From: KIM, CHANG-HYUN; KIM, DONG-MOK
To: DOOSAN INFRACORE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 040416/0022 →