Laundry treating appliance with drive attachment mechanism

A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to an automatic cycle of operation, comprising:

• a tub defining a tub interior;
• a basket rotatably mounted within the tub interior and having a basket base comprising an upper base portion and a separate lower base portion mounted to the upper base portion and a basket peripheral wall extending from the basket base, with the basket base and the basket peripheral wall defining a basket interior forming at least part of a laundry treating chamber, the basket peripheral wall terminating at an upper edge;
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• a motor operably coupled to the basket via a drive shaft and a drive attachment mechanism and where the motor is configured to selectively oscillate or rotate the basket within the tub;
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• wherein the drive attachment mechanism is configured to couple the basket to the drive shaft and comprises a bushing assembly having an upper bushing insert molded into the upper base portion, a lower bushing insert molded into the lower base portion, a lock nut operably coupling an upper end of the upper bushing to the drive shaft, and a thrust washer press fit onto a portion of the drive shaft and configured to support a portion of the lower bushing and wherein the upper bushing and lower bushing are operably coupled at an interface at a lower edge of the upper bushing and an upper edge of the lower bushing.

A laundry treating appliance for treating laundry according to an automatic cycle of operation, comprising:

• a tub defining a tub interior;
• a basket rotatably mounted within the tub interior and having a basket base comprising an upper base portion and a separate lower base portion mounted to the upper base portion and a basket peripheral wall extending from the basket base, with the basket base and the basket peripheral wall defining a basket interior forming at least part of a laundry treating chamber, the basket peripheral wall terminating at an upper edge;
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• a motor operably coupled to the basket via a drive shaft and a drive attachment mechanism and where the motor is configured to selectively oscillate or rotate the basket within the tub;
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• wherein the drive attachment mechanism is configured to couple the basket to the drive shaft and comprises a bushing assembly having an upper bushing insert molded into the upper base portion, a lower bushing insert molded into the lower base portion and where an upper edge of the lower bushing is operably coupled at an interface to a lower edge of the upper bushing, a lock nut operably coupling an upper end of the bushing assembly to the drive shaft, and a thrust washer press fit onto a portion of the drive shaft and configured to support a portion of the lower bushing.