Vibration-damping component of washing machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10508378-B2
Application number	US-201615748272-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 26, 2016
Priority date	Jul 31, 2015
Publication date	Dec 17, 2019
Grant date	Dec 17, 2019

Abstract

A vibration-damping component of a washing machine comprises a suspender, a spring, a sleeve and an electromagnetic sensing device. The electromagnetic sensing device comprises an electromagnetic coil and a magnet. The electromagnetic coil surrounds the sleeve, the magnet and the spring are arranged in the sleeve and are fixed on the suspender, the sleeve surrounds the suspender in a slidable manner, and the weight of clothing is determined through measuring magnetic flux change of the electromagnetic coil when the sleeve slides on the suspender. In addition, the magnet and the electromagnetic coil make relative displacement, inductance in the electromagnetic coil changes, and water inflow can be detected through detecting the inductance. When dewatering begins, the vibratory magnitude of an outer drum is determined through the inductance change of the electromagnetic coil, and the stability of dewatering operation of the washing machine can be controlled accordingly.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vibration-damping component of a washing machine comprising a suspender, a spring, a sleeve and an electromagnetic sensing device,
wherein the electromagnetic sensing device comprises an electromagnetic coil and a magnet,
the electromagnetic coil fixedly sleeves on an outer side of the sleeve,
the magnet is arranged in the sleeve and is relatively fixed on the suspender,
the sleeve sleeves on the suspender in a slidable manner,
the spring is arranged between the sleeve and the magnet,
and a weight of clothing is determined through measuring an inductance change of the electromagnetic coil when the sleeve slides on the suspender under stress,
a base is fixedly arranged at a lower end of the suspender, the base supports the spring and the magnet,
the vibration-damping component further comprising a sliding cup, the sliding cup is arranged between the base and the magnet,
the sliding cup is annular and sleeves on the suspender, and
a diameter of the sliding cup is matched with an inside diameter of the sleeve.

2. The vibration-damping component of the washing machine according to claim 1 , wherein, the magnet is a shape of barrel-with a bottom, the bottom of the magnet has a center through hole, and the bottom of the magnet supports the spring.

3. The vibration-damping component of the washing machine according to claim 1 , wherein, a bottom of the magnet is a shape of boss with a center through hole, the magnet sleeves on the suspender through the center through hole, and a step face of the magnet supports the spring.

4. The vibration-damping component of the washing machine according to claim 3 , wherein, a lower end of the spring abuts against an internal face of the bottom of the magnet and is supported by the internal face of the bottom of the magnet.

5. The vibration-damping component of the washing machine according to claim 4 , wherein, the lower end of the spring sleeves on a middle part of the magnet, and the lower end of the spring and the middle part of the magnet are in close fit.

6. The vibration-damping component of the washing machine according to claim 4 , wherein, a center part of the base penetrates through a center part of the sliding cup and to a center part of the magnet.

7. The vibration-damping component of the washing machine according to claim 5 , wherein, the spring is spindle-shaped, inside diameters of the two ends of the spring are smaller, the inside diameter of a middle part of the spring is larger, the friction between the spring and the magnet during compression is avoided.

Assignees

• Qingdao Haier Washing Mach Co

Inventors

• Lv Peishi
• Yang Lin
• Tian Yun
• Zhang Gangjin
• Shao Mingyan

Classifications

• F16F15/03

  using {magnetic or} electromagnetic means (F16F9/53, {F16F15/005} take precedence) · CPC title

• F16F7/085

  resulting in the damping effects being different according to direction of movement · CPC title

• D06F37/203 Primary

  Textiles & Paper · mapped topic

• D06F39/00

  Details of washing machines not specific to a single type of machines covered by groups D06F9/00 - D06F27/00  (control of washing machines D06F33/00, D06F34/00) · CPC title

• D06F37/24 Primary

  in machines with a receptacle rotating or oscillating about a vertical axis · CPC title