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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2012
Young Kwan Kim, Anyang-si, KR;
Keun Young Yoon, Osan-si, KR;
Woong Hwang, Suwon-si, KR;
Byung Ryel IN, Yongin-si, KR;
Sung Gu Lee, Gunpo-si, KR;
Su Kwon Jeong, Suwon-si, KR;
Myung Bae Bang, Pyeongtaek-si, KR;
Young Kwan Kim, Anyang-si, KR;
Keun Young Yoon, Osan-si, KR;
Woong Hwang, Suwon-si, KR;
Byung Ryel In, Yongin-si, KR;
Sung Gu Lee, Gunpo-si, KR;
Su Kwon Jeong, Suwon-si, KR;
Myung Bae Bang, Pyeongtaek-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
A motor having a structure capable of achieving an enhancement in durability and a washing machine, to which the motor is applied. The motor includes a stator including a plurality of stator cores arranged in a circumferential direction, and coils respectively wound around the stator cores, and a rotor rotatably arranged inside or outside the stator. The rotor includes a plurality of rotor cores arranged in a circumferential direction of the rotor, a plurality of magnets each disposed between neighboring ones of the rotor cores, a molded body having a bridge to support the plurality of rotor cores and the plurality of magnets, and a coupler including coupling ribs outwardly extending from an outer circumferential surface of the bridge in a radial direction of the rotor, and coupling grooves formed at inner ends of the rotor cores supported by the bridge, to receive the coupling ribs, respectively.