Outer rotor type motor and drum type washing machine including same

Abstract

An outer rotor type motor includes a rotor housing having a bottom portion and a sidewall upwardly extending from and an outer peripheral edge of the bottom portion, and a shaft bushing having a base and a hollow shaft-insertion portion provided at a center of the base. The base of the shaft bushing is coupled at the bottom portion of the rotor housing by an insert molding. A driving shaft is fitted in the shaft-insertion portion of the shaft bushing. A plurality of blade holes are circumferentially formed in the bottom portion of the rotor housing, and a plurality of blades are formed by an insert molding such that the blades are disposed at one edges of the respective blade holes in the bottom portion along a radial direction.

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