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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: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: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: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:US11970811B2
公开(公告)日:2024-04-30
申请号:US17342433
申请日:2021-06-08
Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Inventor: Jesse de Freitas Goncalves , Kenneth McConnell , Steven Fricke , Marcos H. Herrmann , Bradley D. Morrow , Eric J. Walsh , Christine L. Strain , Peter A. Wagoner
Abstract: A hub for an overmolded basket base assembly of a laundry appliance is provided. The hub includes a central core defining an opening along an axis configured to receive a drive shaft. The hub further includes a disc, extending radially outwardly from the core about the axis, the disc configured to be overmolded in polymeric material that forms an overmolded plastic base, the disc including a plurality of posts arranged around the core and extending upward from a top surface of the disc to form a circumferentially-extending array to align the hub when applying torque to the hub.
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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:US12031260B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-09
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
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:US20200283943A1
公开(公告)日:2020-09-10
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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