Clothes treatment apparatus

A laundry treating apparatus comprising:

• a cabinet;
• a tub disposed inside the cabinet and configured to receive water;
• a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub and configured to accommodate laundry;
• a driver comprising (i) a stator disposed at a rear side of the tub and configured to generate a rotating magnetic field and (ii) a rotor configured to be rotated by the rotating magnetic field;
• a rotation shaft connected to the rotor and configured to be rotated by the rotor, the rotation shaft extending through the tub and being connected to the drum;
• and
• a bearing housing that is fixed to the tub and rotatably supports the rotation shaft,
• wherein the stator is coupled to the bearing housing, the stator comprising an input terminal disposed at a surface of the stator facing the bearing housing and configured to receive external power,
• wherein the bearing housing comprises:
• a hub that accommodates the rotation shaft,
• an extension that extends in a radial direction from an outer circumferential surface of the hub and connects the hub to the tub, and
• a reinforcing portion that is parallel to the input terminal and extends radially outward from an outer circumferential surface of the extension,
• wherein the extension comprises:
• a plurality of circumferential ribs that are spaced apart one another in the radial direction and surround the hub,
• a fastening portion that connects the hub to the plurality of circumferential ribs, the fastening portion being coupled to the stator, and
• an avoidance portion that is bent from a portion of a free end of each of the plurality of circumferential ribs, the avoidance portion facing the input terminal without interference with the input terminal, and
• wherein the reinforcing portion extends outward in the radial direction from an outer circumferential surface of a circumferential rib disposed at an outermost side among the plurality of circumferential ribs, the reinforcing portion being spaced apart from the avoidance portion in the radial direction to thereby define a local diameter of the extension that is greater than a diameter of the circumferential rib disposed at the outermost side among the plurality of circumferential ribs.