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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2004
Christopher Gregory Hoppe, Louisville, KY (US);
Larry Lee Hawkins, Louisville, KY (US);
Derek Lee Watkins, Elizabethtown, KY (US);
Mark Aaron Weaver, Crestwood, KY (US);
Michael Francis Finch, Louisville, KY (US);
Stephen Bernard Froelicher, Shepherdsville, KY (US);
Benton Bartley Oukrop, Jeffersonville, IN (US);
Christopher Gregory Hoppe, Louisville, KY (US);
Larry Lee Hawkins, Louisville, KY (US);
Derek Lee Watkins, Elizabethtown, KY (US);
Mark Aaron Weaver, Crestwood, KY (US);
Michael Francis Finch, Louisville, KY (US);
Stephen Bernard Froelicher, Shepherdsville, KY (US);
Benton Bartley Oukrop, Jeffersonville, IN (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A washing machine includes a cabinet, a tub mounted within the cabinet, and a basket rotationally mounted within the tub for relative rotation therewith. A suspension assembly supports the tub within the cabinet. A variable speed motor is included for rotating the basket about a rotation axis, and an inverter is operatively coupled to the motor. A controller is operatively coupled to the inverter and the motor and is configured to control the motor based on a drag torque on the basket.