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Patent No.:

US 9267225 B1

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Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 22, 2011
Applicants:

Donald E. Erickson, Stevensville, MI (US);

Farshad Farid, Stevensville, MI (US);

Inventors:

Donald E. Erickson, Stevensville, MI (US);

Farshad Farid, Stevensville, MI (US);

Assignee:

Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 35/00 (2006.01); D06F 37/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 37/203 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed is a method of operating a laundry treating appliance having a tub, a rotatable drum within the tub, and a rotatable drive shaft supported in a bearing assembly and mounted to the drum, with the bending moment acting on the bearing assembly being determined and used as an input to control the operation of the appliance.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Erickson, Donald. (2016). Method of estimating bending moment of a laundry treating appliance drum shaft using a proximity sensor (U.S. Patent No. 9267225). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9267225

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