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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2018
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Suwon-si, KR;
Hidekazu Funakoshi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomonori Ueno, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukinori Nakagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Katsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Taro Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuyuki Sonoda, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaki Oshige, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasumasa Nagasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a washing machine. The washing machine includes a housing provided with an inlet for laundry disposed on a front surface thereof, a water tub provided inside of the housing and configured to store water, a drum rotatably provided inside of the water tub, a pulsator provided inside of the drum and configured to be rotated independently of the drum, a motor provided with a stator, and a first and second rotor connected to the drum and the pulsator, respectively, and at least one processor configured to apply a q-axis current to the stator to rotate the second rotor and configured to apply a d-axis current to the stator to rotate the first rotor based on a phase difference between the first rotor and the second rotor.