The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2019
Fisher & Paykel Appliances Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Russell Joseph Jackson, Auckland, NZ;
Abstract
A drive system (), for use in a washing machine (), that includes a motor () and a planetary gearbox () having an outer casing () rotatably mounted by bearings (A andB) between a tub () of the washing machine and the motor. A clutch () is selectively operable to engage the gears in a first mode to connect an input shaft () to drive at least a first output shaft () without speed reduction and, in a second mode, to drive the first output shaft at a controlled and reduced speed in one direction while simultaneously driving a second output shaft () at a second controlled and reduced speed the opposite rotational direction. The first gearbox output shaft () and the outer casing () are permanently rotationally fixed together in both first and second modes.