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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2021
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Hyuksoo Lee, Seoul, KR;
Hongjun Cho, Seoul, KR;
Hyojun Kim, Seoul, KR;
Yangguk Hwang, Seoul, KR;
Hyeonjoong Kim, Seoul, KR;
Oshin Kwon, Seoul, KR;
Minji Kim, Seoul, KR;
Yeonju Lee, Seoul, KR;
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A dryer includes a drum including a drum body, a front cover with a drum inlet, and a rear cover with an air inlet, a fixing panel that has a first cooling hole and a second cooling hole, a motor configured to rotate the drum, where the fixing panel further defines supply holes arranged along a circumferential surface of the motor and configured to guide air to the air inlet, a supply duct fixed to the fixing panel and configured to guide air to the supply holes, where the supply duct defines an accommodating space that accommodates the motor, and a duct cover that connects together the first cooling hole, the accommodating space, and the second cooling hole and that is configured to circulate air through the first cooling hole, the accommodating space, and the second cooling hole to thereby cool the motor.