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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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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：US10907290B2
公开(公告)日：2021-02-02
申请号：US15872033
申请日：2018-01-16
Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Inventor： Donald Erickson , Steven Fricke , Christian Gianni , Thomas Kessler , Praveen Poojary , Erica Roberts , Jaime Rodriguez , Peter Wagoner
Abstract: A laundry treating appliance, such as a washing machine, having a cabinet defining an interior and defining an access opening. A lid can be movably mounted relative to the cabinet to selectively open or close the access opening. A tub can be located within the interior and the tub can contain a rotatably mounted drum, such as a horizontally rotatable drum, including a flexible fabric material.
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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：US10240272B2
公开(公告)日：2019-03-26
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
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：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：US11512421B2
公开(公告)日：2022-11-29
申请号：US17130186
申请日：2020-12-22
Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Inventor： Donald Erickson , Steven Fricke , Christian Gianni , Thomas Kessler , Praveen Poojary , Erica Roberts , Jaime Rodriguez , Peter Wagoner
Abstract: A laundry treating appliance, such as a washing machine, having a cabinet defining an interior and defining an access opening. A lid can be movably mounted relative to the cabinet to selectively open or close the access opening. A tub can be located within the interior and the tub can contain a rotatably mounted drum, such as a horizontally rotatable drum, including a flexible fabric material.
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公开(公告)号：US11053624B2
公开(公告)日：2021-07-06
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
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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