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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2007
Applicants:
Keith I. Hoemann, Fenton, MO (US);
Gary E. Horst, Manchester, MO (US);
Inventors:
Keith I. Hoemann, Fenton, MO (US);
Gary E. Horst, Manchester, MO (US);
Assignee:
Emerson Electric Co., St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A horizontal axis washing machine includes a clothing receptacle rotated by a 4 pole rotor. A 36 slot stator having an interior bore with an interior diameter receives the 4 pole rotor in magnetic coupling relation and capable of operating within a flux weakening range of at least 5:1. The stator has a ratio of an interior diameter to a minimum exterior diameter greater than or equal to 0.63:1.