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US 2019/0161900 A1Published application
Washing machine
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorYoungryul PARK
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Abstract
A washing machine includes a bearing housing which is installed on a bottom surface of an outer tub, a clutch stopper which is installed on a bottom surface of the bearing housing, and a driving motor which includes a stator and a rotor which are coupled to a lower side of the clutch stopper, in which the clutch stopper includes a base portion which is disposed on the bottom surface of the bearing housing, and a fastening boss which extends from the base portion to the lower side by a predetermined length and is fastened to stator by a fastening member.
Claims20
A washing machine comprising:
- a case;
- an outer tub located inside of the case;
- an inner tub located inside of the outer tub;
- a pulsator located inside of the inner tub and configured to rotate relative to the inner tub;
- and
- a driving unit located at an outer surface of the outer tub and configured to provide driving force to cause rotation of at least one of the inner tub or the pulsator,
- wherein the driving unit comprises:
- a bearing housing located vertically below the outer tub,
- a clutch stopper located at a bottom surface of the bearing housing, and
- a driving motor comprising a stator and a rotor that is coupled to a lower side of the clutch stopper, and
- wherein the clutch stopper comprises:
- a base portion located at the bottom surface of the bearing housing, and
- a fastening boss that extends from the base portion to the lower side of the clutch stopper and that is coupled to the stator by a fastening member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.