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Patent No.:

US 10815599 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020

Filed:

Aug. 06, 2018

Laundry treating appliance with tuned suspension system

Applicant:

Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);

Inventor:

Christopher Borlin, Saint Joseph, MI (US);

Assignee:

Other;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Joseph L Perrin

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 37/20 (2006.01); D06F 37/26 (2006.01); D06F 37/22 (2006.01); D06F 34/16 (2020.01); D06F 33/00 (2020.01); D06F 103/26 (2020.01); D06F 37/36 (2006.01); D06F 37/24 (2006.01); D06F 37/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 37/203 (2013.01); D06F 34/16 (2020.02); D06F 37/22 (2013.01); D06F 37/24 (2013.01); D06F 37/268 (2013.01); D06F 37/36 (2013.01); D06F 33/00 (2013.01); D06F 37/02 (2013.01); D06F 2103/26 (2020.02); D06F 2202/085 (2013.01); D06F 2202/10 (2013.01); D06F 2202/12 (2013.01); D06F 2204/065 (2013.01); D06F 2222/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus and method for reducing displacement of a washing machine having a drum rotatable about an axis of rotation is disclosed. The washing machine comprises a chassis and a motor for rotation a drum. The drum is suspended from the chassis by a suspension. The suspension can comprise springs having six natural frequencies that can resonate at a rotational speed of the drum driven by the motor. The suspension system can be tuned such that resonant frequencies can be varied based upon rotational speed of the drum.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Borlin, Christopher. (2020). Laundry treating appliance with tuned suspension system (U.S. Patent No. 10815599). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10815599

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