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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026

Filed:

Feb. 25, 2022
Applicant:

Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Juhan Yoon, Seoul, KR;

Jongmin Lee, Seoul, KR;

Yongjun An, Seoul, KR;

Sanghun Kim, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 58/08 (2006.01); D06F 58/20 (2006.01); F16D 1/108 (2006.01); D06F 37/30 (2020.01); F16D 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 58/08 (2013.01); D06F 58/20 (2013.01); F16D 1/108 (2013.01); D06F 37/30 (2013.01); F16D 2001/103 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a laundry treating apparatus comprising: a cabinet, a drum rotatably disposed inside the cabinet and configured to receive laundry, and a driving part disposed at the rear plate and configured to provide a rotation force to the drum, wherein the rear plate includes: a driving part mounting portion, and an air flow portion surrounding the driving part mounting portion, wherein the air flow portion includes a flow space having an open front surface facing the drum, wherein the drum rear surface includes: a rear surface central portion facing the driving part mounting portion, and an air passage surrounding the rear surface central portion, wherein the rear surface central portion is disposed in front of the driving part, and wherein the air passage is disposed to be spaced radially outward apart from the driving part.


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