# US 12,006,614 B2 · Clothes care apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,006,614 B2 - Document ID: US12006614B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/250,862 - Filed: 2019-09-10 - Published: 2022-02-10 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2018-09-12 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hyeon Joo Kim; Jin Young Choi; Eung Ryeol Seo; Sang Jin Kim; Kyoung-Woong Noh; Dong Bum Lee - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12006614B2 ## CPC - D06F 34/08: Control circuits or arrangements thereof - D06F 58/10: Drying cabinets or drying chambers having heating or ventilating means - D06F 58/20: General details of domestic laundry dryers (D06F59/00 takes precedence) - D06F 73/02: having one or more treatment chambers - H05K 1/02: Details - H05K 7/2039: {characterised by the heat transfer by conduction from the heat generating element to a dissipating body (arrangements for increasing/decreasing heat-transfer, e.g. fins details, F28F13/00)} - H05K 5/0091: {Housing specially adapted for small components (for resistors H01C; for capacitors H01G; for integrated circuits H10W99/00)} - D06F: LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ## Abstract Disclosed is a clothes care apparatus capable of preventing the spreading of fire when a fire occurs on a printed circuit board (PCB) assembly. The clothes care apparatus may comprise: a PCB assembly; a PCB housing having an accommodation space for accommodating the PCB assembly, the PCB housing including a sidewall that forms the accommodation space; and a protective body filled into the accommodation space to cover the PCB assembly, wherein the sidewall may include guide wall having a height lower than or equal to a height of the protective body filled in the accommodation space. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A clothes care apparatus comprising: a printed circuit board (PCB) assembly; a PCB housing having an accommodation space for accommodating the PCB assembly, the PCB housing including a sidewall that forms the accommodation space; a protective body filled into the accommodation space to cover the PCB assembly; a housing cover to which the PCB housing is coupled; and a machine room cover coupled to the housing cover to accommodate the PCB assembly in a space formed between the housing cover and the machine room cover, the machine room cover including an air inlet, wherein the sidewall includes an upper sidewall disposed at an upper side of the PCB housing and a guide wall disposed at a lower side of the PCB housing, and wherein the guide wall includes a guide groove configured to discharge the protective body downward of the PCB housing when the protective body is melted. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The clothes care apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the guide wall is disposed below the PCB assembly. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The clothes care apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a lower cover provided to prevent the protective body from being discharged to an outside of the machine room cover through the air inlet when the protective body is melted. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The clothes care apparatus according to claim 3, wherein: the lower cover and the housing cover form a flow path provided to guide the protective body when the protective body is melted, and the flow path guides the protective body to a cover hole provided at a lower portion of the housing cover. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The clothes care apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a wire disposed between the PCB housing and the housing cover; and an upper cover provided to accommodate the wire together with the PCB housing and the housing cover. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The clothes care apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the PCB assembly includes a heat generating body, and the guide wall is disposed adjacent to the heat generating body. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The clothes care apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the heat generating body includes: a relay switch; and a connector. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The clothes care apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the PCB assembly further comprises: a heat sink provided to absorb heat of the heat generating body; and the heat sink is disposed above the heat generating body adjacent to the heat generating body. ### Claim 9 A clothes care apparatus comprising: a printed circuit board (PCB) assembly; a PCB housing having an accommodation space for accommodating the PCB assembly, the PCB housing including a sidewall that forms the accommodation space; and a protective body filled into the accommodation space to cover the PCB assembly, a housing cover to which the PCB housing is coupled; and a machine room cover coupled to the housing cover to accommodate the PCB assembly in a space formed between the housing cover and the machine room cover, the machine room cover including an air inlet, wherein the sidewall includes: an upper sidewall disposed at an upper side of the PCB housing; a guide wall disposed at a lower side of the PCB housing; and a hole provided to discharge the protective body to an outside of the PCB housing when the protective body is melted. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The clothes care apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the PCB assembly is disposed to face the machine room cover. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The clothes care apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the PCB assembly includes a PCB; and the protective body covers entire regions of the PCB to prevent moisture from penetrating into the PCB.