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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2018
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Tomonori Ueno, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroshi Katsumoto, Yokohama, JP;
Taro Yoshida, Yokohama, JP;
Hidekazu Funakoshi, Yokohama, JP;
Yukinori Nakagawa, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuyuki Sonoda, Yokohama, JP;
Masaki Oshige, Yokohama, JP;
Yasumasa Nagasaki, Yokohama, JP;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Provided is a washing machine including: a stator including a coil; a rotor including a plurality of variable magnets each having a magnetic force variable, and rotatable with respect to the stator; a controller configured to control an energizing of the coil to increase or decrease a magnetic force of the variable magnet; and a plurality of position sensors each having a output voltage changed according to a magnetic flux of the variable magnet.