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Motor for washing machine

US7397158B2 · kind B2 · utility

22Cited by
8References
41Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 27, 2004
Grant dateJul 8, 2008
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 27, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02K21/22
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A motor for a washing machine including a driving shaft coupled to a drum, a stator for forming a magnetic field with a coil wound on a core, and a rotor rotatably mounted on an outside of the stator coupled to the driving shaft for driving the driving shaft, wherein the rotor includes a rotor frame having magnets attached to an inside surface of an outer end, a back yoke on an outside surface of the outer end for reinforcing the rotor frame and forming a magnetic path, a shaft supporting housing at a center of the rotor frame having one end portion of the driving shaft secured thereto, a bushing of a non-conductive resin having the shaft supporting housing formed as one body at a center, the bushing being secured to the rotor frame, and fastening members for fastening the bushing to the rotor frame.

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