Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Corporation

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Tsuyoshi Fukuda

Shinichiro Kobayashi

Takashi Komatsu

Tadashi Inuzuka

Hiroko Minayoshi

Yoshikatsu Sonoda

Gou Itou

Masanao Segawa

Miyuki Omiya

Shinji Matsuoka

Yutaka Miki

Takahiko Shimada

A drum type washing machine includes a housing; a water tub unit accommodated in the housing; a vibration damper, a lower portion thereof being fixed at a base portion of the housing; and a displacement detecting unit for detecting displacement of the water tub unit, the displacement detecting unit being disposed between the water tub unit and the base portion of the housing. The vibration damper supports the water tub unit at a position closer to a front side of the housing than the center of gravity of the water tub unit, and the displacement detecting unit is positioned closer to a rear side of the housing than the vibration damper.

Drum type washing machine

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Osaka, Japan

Tsuyoshi Fukuda