Vibration detection device of washing machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10633781-B2
Application number	US-201615748945-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 26, 2016
Priority date	Jul 31, 2015
Publication date	Apr 28, 2020
Grant date	Apr 28, 2020

Abstract

A vibration detection device of washing machine comprises a suspender, a damping spring, a sleeve, a bottom cover and an electromagnetic sensing device. The electromagnetic sensing device comprises an electromagnetic coil and a magnet. The upper end of the suspender is connected with a casing of the washing machine, and the sleeve sleeves the lower part of the suspender in a slidable manner. The damping spring is arranged in the sleeve and at least have two damping springs, and the damping springs have different elastic coefficients and are connected in series. The magnet is connected with the suspender, and the bottom cover is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the sleeve. The electromagnetic coil and the bottom cover are relatively fixed.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vibration detection device of a washing machine, comprising a suspender, a first damping spring, a second damping spring, a sleeve, a bottom cover and an electromagnetic sensing device,
wherein the electromagnetic sensing device comprises an electromagnetic coil and a magnet,
an upper end of the suspender is configured to be connected with a casing of the washing machine,
the bottom cover is fixed at a bottom of the sleeve,
the electromagnetic coil and the magnet are arranged below a lower end of the suspender, the electromagnetic coil is sleeved on the magnet and is connected with the bottom cover, and the magnet and the electromagnetic coil are enclosed inside the sleeve by the bottom cover,
a first compression spring arranged between the bottom cover and the magnet is respectively connected with the bottom cover and the magnet, and
a second compression spring arranged between a bottom end of the suspender and the magnet is respectively connected with the bottom end of the suspender and the magnet;
the first damping spring and the second damping spring are arranged in the sleeve and connected in series an elastic coefficient of the first damping spring is different with an elastic coefficient of the second damping spring,
the sleeve is movable in an axial direction of the suspender.

2. The vibration detection device of the washing machine according to claim 1 , wherein,
a lower end of the second damping spring is in contact with the lower end of the suspender, and
an upper end of the first damping spring is in contact with a top of an inner side of the sleeve.

3. The vibration detection device of the washing machine according to claim 2 , further comprising a connecting member,
wherein the first damping spring and the second damping spring are connected through the connecting member, the connecting member is in a shape of a cylinder with an outer diameter matched with an inner diameter of the sleeve, and
the connecting member is sleeved on the suspender in a slidable manner.

4. The vibration detection device of the washing machine according to claim 3 , wherein the first damping spring is shorter than the second damping spring.

5. The vibration detection device of the washing machine according to claim 2 , wherein the first damping spring is shorter than the second damping spring.

6. The vibration detection device of the washing machine according to claim 1 , wherein a spring seat and a fixing base are further arranged at the lower end of the suspender,
the spring seat and the fixing base are a shape of convex platform with a center through hole,
the fixing base is sleeved on the suspender and is supported by the lower end of the suspender, and
the spring seat is sleeved on the fixing base and is in contact with the lower end of the second damping spring to support the second damping spring.

7. The vibration detection device of the washing machine according to claim 6 , further comprising a sliding cup,
wherein the sliding cup is ring-shaped,
the sliding cup is sleeved on the fixing base and is clamped by a big-diameter section of the fixing base and a big-diameter section of the spring seat, and
an outside diameter of the sliding cup is matched with an inside diameter of the sleeve.

8. The vibration detection device of the washing machine according to claim 7 , wherein a guiding groove in axial direction is formed in a center of the bottom cover,
the electromagnetic coil is fixed on an inner wall of the guiding groove,
the magnet is located inside the guiding groove, and an outer circumference of the magnet is matched with an inner circumference of the electromagnetic coil.

9. The vibration detection device of the washing machine according to claim 1 , wherein the first damping spring is shorter than the second damping spring.

Assignees

• Qingdao Haier Washing Mach Co

Inventors

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

Classifications

• D06F37/20

  Mountings, e.g. resilient mountings, for the rotary receptacle, motor, tub or casing; Preventing or damping vibrations · CPC title

• G01H11/02

  by magnetic means, e.g. reluctance · CPC title

• D06F2204/08

  Textiles & Paper · mapped topic

• D06F39/003 Primary

  Textiles & Paper · mapped topic

• D06F37/24 Primary

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