Abstract:
A laundry appliance includes a cabinet. A rotating drum is positioned within the cabinet. A blower directs process air through an airflow path. The airflow path includes the drum. A motor is coupled to the cabinet via a retaining bracket. The motor includes a drive shaft operably coupled to one of the drum and the blower. A damping ring is positioned about the drive shaft and between the motor and the retaining bracket. Damping apertures are defined within a body of the damping ring. The damping apertures define respective voids that absorb operational vibrations generated by the motor in an activated state.
Abstract:
A motor for a laundry appliance includes a drive shaft coupled to a drum at a first end. The rotor frame is coupled proximate the second end of the drive shaft, where the rotor frame includes at least one polymeric material. A central hub includes a core and a perimetrical ring that extends circumferentially around the core. A plurality of recesses are defined within a planar surface of the perimetrical ring, wherein a portion of the polymeric material is received within the plurality of recesses to secure the rotor frame to the central hub.
Abstract:
A motor for a laundry appliance includes a drive shaft coupled to a drum at a first end. The rotor frame is coupled proximate the second end of the drive shaft, where the rotor frame includes at least one polymeric material. A central hub includes a core and a perimetrical ring that extends circumferentially around the core. A plurality of recesses are defined within a planar surface of the perimetrical ring, wherein a portion of the polymeric material is received within the plurality of recesses to secure the rotor frame to the central hub.
Abstract:
A pump motor is disclosed. The pump motor includes a case; a socket part disposed in a portion of the case and provided with a terminal part thereinside; and a cover part detachably coupled to the case and configured to open and close the socket part, wherein the socket part includes a moisture blocking member configured to block a gap between the case and the cover part.
Abstract:
The washing machine of the present disclosure includes an improved pulley for reducing the noise generated in the pulley. When the shaft is inserted into the shaft insertion hole, at least a part of the shaft is closely contacted with the shaft insertion hole to minimize the tolerance between the shaft and the shaft insertion hole, and the rotation shaft of the pulley and the center axis of the shafts may be made to coincide with each other, so that the noise generated by the rotation of the pulley can be effectively reduced. In addition, the spoke of the pulley includes the curved portion, thereby reducing the friction with the air and effectively reducing noise due to friction with air.
Abstract:
A washing machine driving apparatus and a washing machine having the same, capable of minimizing the coupling structure of a clutch and a motor and including a stator provided in a shape of a ring, a rotor disposed around the stator and rotating by electromagnetic interaction with the stator, and a clutch configured to transmit a rotary force of the rotor selectively to the rotating tub and the pulsator, wherein the stator comprises a stator core, an upper insulator covering an upper portion of the stator core and a lower insulator covering a lower portion of the stator core, and wherein the upper insulator has a mounting part protruding upward from an upper side of the upper insulator such that the clutch is coupled to the upper insulator.
Abstract:
A drive motor includes: a double stator including a stator core, a first coil wound on one side of the stator core, and a second coil wound around the other side of the stator core; and a double rotor including a rotor support connected to a drum via a rotating shaft, an outer rotor fixed to the rotor support and arranged with a gap on the outer surface of the stator, and an inner rotor fixed to the rotor support and arranged with a gap on the inner surface of the stator. The drive motor drives to rotate two rotors of the double rotor by applying a drive power to the first and second coils at wash and rinsing strokes, and drives to rotate only one rotor of the double rotor by applying the drive power to only one of the first and second coils at a dehydration stroke.
Abstract:
The invention consists of a washing or washing/drying machine comprising a frame, an assembly constrained to said frame by constraint means that allow said assembly to oscillate relative to said frame, energy recovery means configured to transform kinetic energy in electrical energy, wherein said energy recovery means comprise a current generator configured to transform the oscillations of said assembly into an electrical current.