公开(公告)号：US12234596B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-25

申请号：US18056865

申请日：2022-11-18

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Kyunam Lee ,  Youngjin Um ,  Younghyun Kim

IPC: D06F37/30 ,  D06F23/04 ,  D06F34/20 ,  D06F37/12 ,  D06F37/40 ,  H02K7/10 ,  H02K7/108 ,  H02K11/21 ,  D06F103/24

Abstract: A washing machine includes a water tank provided to store washing water in a cabinet, a rotating tub rotatably provided in the water tank, a pulsator provided in the rotating tub and rotated by a washing shaft, a driving motor configured to generate a rotational force for rotating the washing shaft, a clutch configured to selectively transmit the rotational force generated by the driving motor to a dewatering shaft for rotating the rotating tub and includes a housing through which the washing shaft and the dewatering shaft pass, a pulley including a first pulley rotated by the driving motor and a second pulley connected to the washing shaft, is connected to the first pulley by a belt, and configured to rotate the washing shaft, a bracket coupled to the second pulley and to which magnets are fixed, and a sensor unit coupled to the housing and configured to detect the number of rotations of the driving motor by detecting the magnets.