Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Clutch assembly of washing machine
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Application No.: US16068164Application Date: 2017-01-06
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Publication No.: US11015279B2Publication Date: 2021-05-25
- Inventor: Yong-Kwon Kim , Sang Up Lee , Young Jin Um , Yongjie Jin , Sang Yeon Pyo
- Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Staas & Halsey LLP
- Priority: KR10-2016-0001475 20160106,KR10-2016-0110322 20160829
- International Application: PCT/KR2017/000213 WO 20170106
- International Announcement: WO2017/119774 WO 20170713
- Main IPC: D06F37/40
- IPC: D06F37/40 ; D06F37/24 ; D06F37/12 ; H02K7/108 ; D06F21/00 ; D06F37/38

Abstract:
A washing machine includes a motor for generating power and a clutch assembly that receives the power from the motor and drives a drum and a pulsator. The clutch assembly includes a driving shaft that receives the power from the motor and rotates, a pulsator drive portion selectively receiving the power from the driving shaft to rotate the pulsator, and a drum driving portion selectively receiving the power from the driving shaft to rotate the drum, The clutch assembly is provided to selectively drive a driving portion of at least one of the drum driving portion and the pulsator drive portion. With this configuration, the washing machine capable of running various modes of a washing mode and dehydration mode is implemented.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190017211A1 CLUTCH ASSEMBLY OF WASHING MACHINE Public/Granted day:2019-01-17
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