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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2021
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Jesse de Freitas Goncalves, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Kenneth McConnell, Stevensville, MI (US);
Steven Fricke, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Marcos H. Herrmann, Stevensville, MI (US);
Bradley D. Morrow, Stevensville, MI (US);
Eric J. Walsh, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Christine L. Strain, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Peter A. Wagoner, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A hub for an overmolded basket base assembly of a laundry appliance is provided. The hub includes a central core defining an opening along an axis configured to receive a drive shaft. The hub further includes a disc, extending radially outwardly from the core about the axis, the disc configured to be overmolded in polymeric material that forms an overmolded plastic base, the disc including a plurality of posts arranged around the core and extending upward from a top surface of the disc to form a circumferentially-extending array to align the hub when applying torque to the hub.