公开(公告)号：US20250122662A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-17

申请号：US18934852

申请日：2024-11-01

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Hidekazu FUNAKOSHI ,  Hiroshi KATSUMOTO ,  Osamu KAZAMA ,  Yasuo IKEDA ,  Koichi HOSOMI

IPC: D06F37/30 ,  D06F23/06 ,  D06F33/36 ,  D06F33/40 ,  D06F33/48 ,  D06F34/16 ,  D06F37/04 ,  D06F37/20 ,  D06F39/08 ,  D06F103/24 ,  D06F103/26 ,  D06F105/08 ,  D06F105/48 ,  D06F105/52

Abstract: A washing machine including a fixed tank; a rotary drum accommodated in the fixed tank and into which laundry is loadable; a drain configured to discharge water collected in the fixed tank; a ball balancer installed in the rotary drum; a controller; and a driver configured to rotate the rotary drum, the driver including a shaft fixed to the rotary drum, and configured to be rotatable to rotate the rotary drum, a motor including a stator and a rotor, a reducer, and a clutch configured to be switched between a first mode in which rotation of the rotor is transmitted to the shaft through the reducer, and a second mode in which the rotation of the rotor is transmitted to the shaft without passing through the reducer.

公开(公告)号：US20240384457A1

公开(公告)日：2024-11-21

申请号：US18786605

申请日：2024-07-29

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Hidekazu FUNAKOSHI ,  Osamu KAZAMA ,  Hiroshi KATSUMOTO ,  Yasuyuki SONODA

IPC: D06F33/40 ,  D06F33/42 ,  D06F33/44 ,  D06F37/30 ,  D06F101/04

Abstract: A washing machine includes a controller for controlling a series of washing processes. In a first process, the controller sets a clutch to a first mode in which a rotation of a motor is transferred to a rotating tub via a reducer, and controls the motor to allow the rotation tube to rotate with a first rotation speed which is greater than or equal to a certain rotation speed set to generate a centrifugal force to make laundry stuck to an internal wall of the rotating tub. In a second process after the first process, the controller sets the clutch to a second mode in which the rotation of the motor is transferred to the rotating tub without being through the reducer, and controls the motor to allow the rotating tub to rotate with a second rotation speed which is greater than the first rotation speed.

公开(公告)号：US20250137189A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-01

申请号：US18960814

申请日：2024-11-26

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Hidekazu FUNAKOSHI ,  Hiroshi KATSUMOTO ,  Tetsuya HIKAMI ,  Osamu KAZAMA

IPC: D06F37/30 ,  D06F23/06 ,  D06F105/48 ,  H02P1/16

Abstract: A washing machine including a rotary drum that is rotatable, and into which laundry is loadable; a motor configured to rotate the rotary drum; and a controller configured to perform startup control to initiate rotation of the rotary drum, the startup control including a first process for controlling the motor so that torque for rotating the rotary drum in a first rotation direction is applied to the rotary drum; and a second process for controlling the motor so that, after the first process is initiated, and when a rotational acceleration of the rotary drum is less than or equal to a first predefined threshold before a rotation velocity of the rotary drum reaches a first rotation velocity, torque for rotating the rotary drum in reverse is applied to the rotary drum.

公开(公告)号：US20210180234A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-17

申请号：US17110728

申请日：2020-12-03

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Hidekazu FUNAKOSHI ,  Hiroshi KATSUMOTO

IPC: D06F37/40 ,  D06F34/18 ,  D06F37/30

Abstract: A washing apparatus is provided. The washing apparatus includes a tub, a drum configured to be rotatable in the tub, a pulsator configured to be rotatable in the drum, a driver configured to drive the drum and the pulsator, and a controller configured to control the driver to rotate the pulsator to a second direction while rotating the drum to a first direction. The controller controls the driver to drive the pulsator based on a position of laundry accommodated in the drum during a rotation of the drum.

公开(公告)号：US20240150951A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-09

申请号：US18414468

申请日：2024-01-17

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Osamu KAZAMA ,  Hiroshi KATSUMOTO ,  Yasuyuki SONODA

IPC: D06F37/30 ,  D06F33/48

CPC classification number: D06F37/304 ,  D06F33/48 ,  D06F2105/46

Abstract: A washing machine includes a controller. The controller perform switching processing, by moving a moving part in an axial direction so that the moving part is switched from a start state in which one of a rotor-side fixing part and a stator-side fixing part engages with the moving part to an end state in which a remaining one of the rotor-side fixing part and the stator-side fixing part engages with the moving part. The controller is further configured to perform an adjustment operation before the end state of the switching processing starts. In the adjustment operation, the controller is further configured to adjust an engagement position by changing a rotation phase of rotor so as to allow an engagement position of the moving part with respect to the remaining one of the rotor-side fixing part and the stator-side fixing part to become a target engagement position.

公开(公告)号：US20200080246A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-12

申请号：US15746802

申请日：2016-07-08

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd

Inventor： Hiroyuki MIYAKE ,  Yukinori NAKAGAWA ,  Kenji KITAJIMA ,  Toshihiro KAMII ,  Hidekazu FUNAKOSHI ,  Nobuharu NISHIKOORI ,  Yasumasa NAGASAKI ,  Takehiro NAKANISHI ,  Hiroshi KATSUMOTO ,  Minoru YOSHIDA ,  Yasuyuki SONODA ,  Masaki OSHIGE ,  Tomoyuki OKUNO ,  Katsuyuki SHIMAKAGE ,  Hiroshi WANATABE ,  Yuji AKITA ,  Yoshinori TAKASHIMA

IPC: D06F37/40 ,  D06F37/30

Abstract: Provided is a washing machine motor capable of efficiently generating torque by improving a winding factor of coils with a relatively simple configuration. The washing machine motor (12) has an outer rotor (20), an inner rotor (30), and a stator (60). The outer rotor (20) and the inner rotor (30) share coils (63) of the stator (60), and a composite current is supplied to the coils (63) such that the outer rotor (20) and the inner rotor (30) are independently driven. The outer rotor (20) has forty eight outer magnets (24) arranged such that the N and S poles thereof are continuously and alternately aligned in the circumferential direction thereof. The inner rotor (30) has forty-two inner magnets (34) arranged such that the N and S poles thereof are continuously and alternately aligned in the circumferential direction thereof. The stator (60) has thirty-six I-shaped cores (61) and the coils (63).