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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
May. 04, 2016
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Dong Ha Jung, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Kab Jin Jun, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jeong Hoon Kang, Seoul, KR;
Ji Hoon Choi, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sang Young Kweon, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a washing machine including a damping device to be operable according to vibration displacement. In a washing machine including a damping device provided to damp a vibration transferred from a washing tub, the damping device includes a suspension member, a damping unit provided to move along the suspension member, and a friction unit provided in the damping unit to form a frictional force with the suspension member, and the friction unit is disposed while being spaced apart from an inner surface of the damping unit to be selectively movable depending on a level of the vibration of the washing tub.