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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2010
Ferruccio Barzizza, Vergiate, IT;
Antonio Chiriatti, Schorndorf, DE;
Pavol Petracek, Schorndorf, DE;
Valentina Cadario, Travedona Monate, IT;
Ferruccio Barzizza, Vergiate, IT;
Antonio Chiriatti, Schorndorf, DE;
Pavol Petracek, Schorndorf, DE;
Valentina Cadario, Travedona Monate, IT;
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A washing machine with a direct drive motor system including a tub, a drum rotatably mounted inside the tub, a shaft connected to the drum, and a direct drive motor comprising a rotor assembly fastened to the shaft and including magnets positioned in a circumferential direction, and a stator assembly. The stator assembly includes a plurality of magnetic cores and a disc-shaped element including a plurality of finger-shaped portions. Each of the finger-shaped portions has one of the plurality of magnetic cores secured thereto.