Washing machine driving apparatus and washing machine comprising same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9966822-B2
Application number	US-201514721233-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 26, 2015
Priority date	Dec 18, 2012
Publication date	May 8, 2018
Grant date	May 8, 2018

Abstract

A washing machine driving apparatus includes: an outer shaft connected with a washing tub; an inner shaft rotatably arranged inside the outer shaft and connected with a pulsator; an inner rotor connected with the outer shaft; an outer rotor connected to the inner shaft; and a stator disposed with an air gap between the inner rotor and the outer rotor, The stator comprises: stator cores; a bobbin wrapped on the outer surface of each of the stator cores; a first coil wound on one side of each of the stator cores; and a second coil wound on the other side of each of the stator cores A first bearing and a second bearing are disposed on the outer circumferential surface of the outer shaft. The first bearing and the second bearing are mounted in a first bearing housing and a second bearing housing fixed to an outer tub.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A washing machine driving apparatus comprising:
an outer shaft which is connected with a washing tub;
an inner shaft which is rotatably arranged inside the outer shaft and connected with a pulsator;
an inner rotor which is connected with the outer shaft;
an outer rotor which is connected to the inner shaft; and
a stator which is disposed with an air gap between the inner rotor and the outer rotor,
wherein the stator comprises: stator cores; a bobbin wrapped on an outer surface of each of the stator cores; a first coil wound on one side of each of the stator cores; and a second coil wound on an opposite side to the one side of each of the stator cores,
wherein a first bearing and a second bearing are disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the outer shaft, and the first bearing and the second bearing are mounted in a first bearing housing and a second bearing housing which are fixed to an outer tub, respectively and
wherein an outer tub fixing portion which enables the stator to be fixed on the outer tub is integrally formed with the bobbins.

2. The washing machine driving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a bearing support extending from an inner side surface of each of the bobbins thereby supporting the first bearing, and the outer tub fixing portion extending from an outer side surface of each of the bobbins to then be fixed on the outer tub.

3. The washing machine driving apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the bearing support and the outer tub fixing portion are insert injected with the stator in a state that a reinforcing material of a metallic material for strength reinforcement is inserted into the bearing support and the outer tub fixing portion.

4. The washing machine driving apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the outer tub fixing portion includes a plurality of outer tub fixing portions, which are formed at intervals in a circumferential direction on an edge portion of the bobbins and provided with a second coupling hole through which a bolt is coupled.

5. The washing machine driving apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the bearing support and the outer tub fixing portion are integrally formed when forming the bobbin by insert injecting on each of the stator cores.

6. The washing machine driving apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein each of the bobbins comprises a first alignment protrusion which is in contact with a rear surface of the second bearing housing and a second alignment protrusion which is in contact with an inner side surface of the second bearing housing.

7. A washing machine comprising:
a washing machine driving apparatus according to claim 1 to drive the washing tub and the pulsator simultaneously or selectively,
wherein the outer tub which is suspended and supported on an inside of a case for receiving washing water;
the washing tub which is rotatably disposed inside the outer tub to perform washing and dehydrating; and
the pulsator which is rotatably disposed inside the washing tub to form a washing water flow.

Assignees

• Amotech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Byung Soo
• Shin Jong Ha

Classifications

• H02K21/222

  Flywheel magnetos · CPC title

• H02K21/16

  having annular armature cores with salient poles (with homopolar co-operation H02K21/20) · CPC title

• H02K7/085

  radially supporting the rotary shaft at only one end of the rotor (H02K7/086, H02K7/09 take precedence) · CPC title

• H02K7/083

  radially supporting the rotary shaft at both ends of the rotor (H02K7/086, H02K7/09 take precedence) · CPC title

• H02K5/08

  Insulating casings · CPC title