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Structure of driving unit in drum type washing machine

US6510716B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 18, 2000
Grant dateJan 28, 2003
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Expiry dateNov 5, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02K7/14
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Structure of a driving unit in a drum type washing machine including a tub for storing washing water, a drum of a metal rotatably mounted inside of the tub disposed horizontal to the ground, or with an angle to the ground for accommodating laundry therein, a shaft connected to the drum mounted inside of the tub through the tub for transmission of a driving force of the motor to the drum, bearings fitted onto outer circumferences of both end portions of the shaft for supporting the shaft, a bearing housing having stator fastening bosses at fixed intervals along a circumference of a central portion thereof for supporting the bearings, a stator having a plurality of magnetic cores each formed by stacking magnetic laminations each having a salient pole projected outward in a radial direction and a rib projected inward in a radial direction, both of which are formed as one unit, frames of insulating material for covering top and bottom surfaces of a magnetic core assembly of the magnetic cores, and coils each wound around each of the salient poles of the magnetic cores, a cup formed rotor having a rotor body of iron or iron alloy with a sidewall, a back yoke, forming a magnetic flux pat…

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