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公开(公告)号：US10704180B2
公开(公告)日：2020-07-07
申请号：US15694003
申请日：2017-09-01
Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Inventor： Steven Fricke , Tarun Sai Yadav Godha , James B. Hull , Peter A. Wagoner , Eric J. Walsh , Christoph J. Miller
Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a tub having a rear wall that includes a plurality of structural ribs. A drive hub has a bearing housing insert injection molded into the rear wall. A stator is attached to the drive hub at stator fastening portions exposed through the rear wall of the tub. A reinforcing cap is fixed to the structural ribs of the rear wall of the tub. The bearing housing of the drive hub extends rearwards through a portion of the reinforcing cap. The stator fastening portions are exposed through the reinforcing cap.
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公开(公告)号：US11473231B2
公开(公告)日：2022-10-18
申请号：US16884786
申请日：2020-05-27
Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Inventor： Steven Fricke , Tarun Sai Yadav Godha , James B. Hull , Peter A. Wagoner , Eric J. Walsh , Christoph J. Miller
Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a tub having a rear wall that includes a plurality of structural ribs. A drive hub has a bearing housing insert injection molded into the rear wall. A stator is attached to the drive hub at stator fastening portions exposed through the rear wall of the tub. A reinforcing cap is fixed to the structural ribs of the rear wall of the tub. The bearing housing of the drive hub extends rearwards through a portion of the reinforcing cap. The stator fastening portions are exposed through the reinforcing cap.
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公开(公告)号：US09765467B2
公开(公告)日：2017-09-19
申请号：US14574522
申请日：2014-12-18
Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation
Inventor： Donald E. Erickson , George W. Malheiros , Christoph J. Miller
CPC classification number: D06F37/268 , D06F37/04 , D06F37/206 , D06F37/22 , D06F37/267
Abstract: A laundry treating appliance configured to treat laundry according to a treating cycle of operation includes a chassis defining an interior and a tub located within the interior and statically mounted to the chassis, with the tub defining a liquid chamber, and having at least one suspension opening in a side of the tub. A rotatable drum is located within the liquid chamber and rotatable about a horizontal axis. An electric motor having an output shaft is operably coupled to the rotatable drum, wherein rotation of the output shaft effects a rotation of the drum. An exoskeleton is located within the liquid chamber and physically supports the rotatable drum and electric motor.
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公开(公告)号：US20230002950A1
公开(公告)日：2023-01-05
申请号：US17941466
申请日：2022-09-09
Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Inventor： Steven Fricke , Tarun Sai Yadav Godha , James B. Hull , Peter A. Wagoner , Eric J. Walsh , Christoph J. Miller
Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a tub having a rear wall that includes a plurality of structural ribs. A drive hub has a bearing housing insert injection molded into the rear wall. A stator is attached to the drive hub at stator fastening portions exposed through the rear wall of the tub. A reinforcing cap is fixed to the structural ribs of the rear wall of the tub. The bearing housing of the drive hub extends rearwards through a portion of the reinforcing cap. The stator fastening portions are exposed through the reinforcing cap.
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公开(公告)号：US09938654B2
公开(公告)日：2018-04-10
申请号：US15265917
申请日：2016-09-15
Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Inventor： Christoph J. Miller
CPC classification number: D06F39/028 , D06F33/02 , D06F35/006 , D06F37/30 , D06F39/005 , D06F39/02 , D06F39/022 , D06F39/088 , D06F2202/10 , D06F2202/12 , D06F2204/02 , D06F2204/086 , G05B19/0428 , G05B2219/2633
Abstract: An appliance for washing clothes includes a detergent storage tank and a drum. Between the detergent storage tank and the drum is a diverter valve which has a detergent inlet connected to the detergent storage tank, an air vent connected to ambient air, and a detergent outlet. The diverter valve has an energized state wherein the detergent inlet is open and the air vent is closed, and a de-energized state wherein the detergent inlet is closed and the air vent is open. The appliance also has a flow meter connected to the diverter valve and the drum.
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公开(公告)号：US20180080161A1
公开(公告)日：2018-03-22
申请号：US15694003
申请日：2017-09-01
Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Inventor： Steven Fricke , Tarun Sai Yadav Godha , James B. Hull , Peter A. Wagoner , Eric J. Walsh , Christoph J. Miller
Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a tub having a rear wall that includes a plurality of structural ribs. A drive hub has a bearing housing insert injection molded into the rear wall. A stator is attached to the drive hub at stator fastening portions exposed through the rear wall of the tub. A reinforcing cap is fixed to the structural ribs of the rear wall of the tub. The bearing housing of the drive hub extends rearwards through a portion of the reinforcing cap. The stator fastening portions are exposed through the reinforcing cap.
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公开(公告)号：US20240337063A1
公开(公告)日：2024-10-10
申请号：US18743630
申请日：2024-06-14
Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Inventor： Steven Fricke , Tarun Sai Yadav Godha , James B. Hull , Peter A. Wagoner , Eric J. Walsh , Christoph J. Miller
CPC classification number: D06F37/264 , D06F37/267 , D06F37/269 , D06F37/30 , D06F37/304 , H02K1/2791 , H02K1/146 , H02K5/02 , H02K5/161
Abstract: A laundry appliance includes a tub having a rear wall that includes a plurality of structural ribs. A drive hub has a bearing housing insert injection molded into the rear wall. A stator is attached to the drive hub at stator fastening portions exposed through the rear wall of the tub. A reinforcing cap is fixed to the structural ribs of the rear wall of the tub. The bearing housing of the drive hub extends rearwards through a portion of the reinforcing cap. The stator fastening portions are exposed through the reinforcing cap.
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公开(公告)号：US11236458B2
公开(公告)日：2022-02-01
申请号：US16693948
申请日：2019-11-25
Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Inventor： Douglas Mikkelsen , Christoph J. Miller , Eric J. Walsh , Donald E. Erickson
Abstract: A fabric treating appliance for treating an article according to a cycle of operation includes a chassis defining an interior with a tub provided within the interior, the tub at least partially defining a liquid chamber. A drum is provided within the liquid chamber to at least partially define a treating chamber. The drum has a peripheral wall terminating in a front edge and a rear edge, with the front edge defining a front opening. An exoskeleton is provided within the liquid chamber coupling the drum to the chassis.
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公开(公告)号：US10240274B2
公开(公告)日：2019-03-26
申请号：US15896385
申请日：2018-02-14
Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Inventor： Christoph J. Miller
Abstract: A method of dosing detergent into a cleaning chamber of a washing machine using gravity. The method comprises providing an amount of detergent to be used in a washing machine, providing a detergent storage tank, providing a diverter valve comprising a detergent inlet, a detergent outlet, and an air vent, presenting a user interface at a location accessible to a user for a user to input load characteristics, relaying information via electrical signals from the user interface to a controller in electrical communication with the user interface, determining a dosage requirement and dispensing a fluid into the cleaning chamber.
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公开(公告)号：US10094062B2
公开(公告)日：2018-10-09
申请号：US14810851
申请日：2015-07-28
Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Inventor： Donald E. Erickson , George W. Malheiros , Christoph J. Miller
Abstract: A laundry treating appliance comprising a chassis defining an interior with at fixed tub disposed in the interior, the tub defining a liquid chamber. An exoskeleton is disposed within the liquid chamber and houses a drum defining a treating chamber for treating laundry. A suspension comprising one or more suspension component mounts the exoskeleton to that chassis through an opening in the tub. The interior is sealed from the liquid chamber by a plurality of seals at the openings and suspension components extending through the openings, preventing liquid from spilling into the interior from the liquid chamber.
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