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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2017
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Nicholas C. Fugal, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Bradley D. Morrow, Stevensville, MI (US);
Joseph C. O'Connor, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Prabhath KV, Nellore, IN;
Jason S. Sabel, Berrien Springs, MI (US);
Christine L. Strain, Stevensville, MI (US);
Meredith A. Wagner, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Robert C. Williams, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A laundry appliance includes a rotating drum that receives laundry to be treated. A motor rotates a drive shaft about a vertical axis and engages the rotating drum at a base. A coupler is disposed within an upper portion of the base and that rests upon the drive shaft to transfer rotational forces from the drive shaft to the drum. A lower portion of the base engages an outer surface of the shaft to resist moment forces that are exerted against the drive shaft in an off-axis direction relative to the vertical axis.