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公开(公告)号:US20190194853A1
公开(公告)日:2019-06-27
申请号:US16269792
申请日:2019-02-07
Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Inventor: ERIC K. FARRINGTON , STEVEN FRICKE , NICHOLAS C. FUGAL , CHRISTINE L. STRAIN , PHILIP R. THOMPSON , ROBERT C. WILLIAMS
CPC classification number: D06F37/206 , D06F33/02 , D06F37/20 , D06F37/24 , D06F37/245 , D06F37/30 , D06F37/40 , D06F2204/065
Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a tub defining an interior, a basket located within the interior and rotatably mounted within the tub and having an upper and lower basket base portion, a balance ring mounted to the upper edge of the basket peripheral wall, a clothes mover rotatably mounted within the basket, a drive system comprising a motor operably coupled to the basket and the clothes mover and configured to selectively oscillate or rotate the basket or the clothes mover and a first and second drive shaft, and a drive attachment mechanism configured to couple the basket to the second drive shaft, with the drive attachment mechanism comprising a bushing assembly.
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公开(公告)号:US20210198831A1
公开(公告)日:2021-07-01
申请号:US17201013
申请日:2021-03-15
Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Inventor: ERIC K. FARRINGTON , KARL DAVID MCALLISTER , BRENNER M. SHARP
Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a rotatable basket that defines a treating chamber, a tub for mounting the rotatable basket, a drive assembly mounted to the tub for rotating the basket and a drive motor mounted to the tub for driving the drive assembly. The tub has a lower region comprising a central cavity and a second cavity. The drive assembly is nested in the central cavity and the drive motor is nested in the second cavity for reducing the vertical stack of tub and the motor.
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公开(公告)号:US20200208323A1
公开(公告)日:2020-07-02
申请号:US16234957
申请日:2018-12-28
Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Inventor: ERIC K. FARRINGTON , KARL DAVID MCALLISTER , BRENNER M. SHARP
Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a rotatable basket that defines a treating chamber, a tub for mounting the rotatable basket, a drive assembly mounted to the tub for rotating the basket and a drive motor mounted to the tub for driving the drive assembly. The tub has a lower region comprising a central cavity and a second cavity. The drive assembly is nested in the central cavity and the drive motor is nested in the second cavity for reducing the vertical stack of tub and the motor.
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公开(公告)号:US20170327989A1
公开(公告)日:2017-11-16
申请号:US15154172
申请日:2016-05-13
Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Inventor: ERIC K. FARRINGTON , STEVEN FRICKE , NICHOLAS C. FUGAL , CHRISTINE L. STRAIN , PHILIP R. THOMPSON , ROBERT C. WILLIAMS
IPC: D06F37/20
CPC classification number: D06F37/206 , D06F33/02 , D06F37/20 , D06F37/24 , D06F37/245 , D06F37/30 , D06F37/40 , D06F2204/065
Abstract: A laundry treating appliance having a tub defining an interior, a basket located within the interior and rotatably mounted within the tub and having an upper and lower basket base portion, a balance ring mounted to the upper edge of the basket peripheral wall, a clothes mover rotatably mounted within the basket, a drive system comprising a motor operably coupled to the basket and the clothes mover and configured to selectively oscillate or rotate the basket or the clothes mover and a first and second drive shaft, and a drive attachment mechanism configured to couple the basket to the second drive shaft, with the drive attachment mechanism comprising a bushing assembly.
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