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US 12,006,623 B2Granted
Motor assembly for a laundry treating appliance
AssigneeWhirlpool Corporation
InventorRodney M. Welch
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Abstract
A motor assembly for a laundry treating appliance, the motor assembly including an impeller housing, a compressor housing disposed within the impeller housing, a compressor motor disposed within the compressor housing, an impeller mechanically coupled to the compressor motor and disposed within the impeller housing, and a cover for the impeller housing.
Claims18
A motor assembly for a laundry treating appliance, the motor assembly comprising:
- an impeller housing;
- a compressor housing defining at least one cooling cavity and disposed within the impeller housing;
- a compressor motor disposed within the compressor housing and fluidly coupled to the at least one cooling cavity;
- a rear manifold fluidly coupled to the compressor housing to further define the at least one cooling cavity;
- a dividing arm extending from the rear manifold and dividing the at least one cooling cavity into two cooling cavities;
- an impeller mechanically coupled to the compressor motor and disposed within the impeller housing;
- and a cover for the impeller housing, the cover defining a compressor inlet.
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A laundry treating appliance comprising:
- an outer drum;
- an inner drum located within the outer drum and spaced from the outer drum to define an interstitial space;
- a vent and drain system comprising at least one collection channel located within the interstitial space and a drain channel fluidly coupled to the at least one collection channel;
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- a motor assembly comprising a compressor assembly fluidly coupled to the vent and drain system, the compressor assembly comprising an impeller housing, a compressor housing disposed within the impeller housing, a compressor motor disposed within the compressor housing, an impeller mechanically coupled to the compressor motor and disposed within the impeller housing, and a cover for the impeller housing;
- wherein the compressor housing defines at least one cooling cavity fluidly coupled to the compressor motor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.