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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2017
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Steven Fricke, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Tarun Sai Yadav Godha, St. Joseph, MI (US);
James B. Hull, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Peter A. Wagoner, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Eric J. Walsh, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Christoph J. Miller, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A laundry appliance includes a tub having a rear wall that includes a plurality of structural ribs. A drive hub has a bearing housing insert injection molded into the rear wall. A stator is attached to the drive hub at stator fastening portions exposed through the rear wall of the tub. A reinforcing cap is fixed to the structural ribs of the rear wall of the tub. The bearing housing of the drive hub extends rearwards through a portion of the reinforcing cap. The stator fastening portions are exposed through the reinforcing cap.