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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2015
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Rafael Cabral Melo, Joinville, BR;
Fernando Elias De Oliveira, Joinville, BR;
Bradley D. Morrow, Stevensville, MI (US);
Maurilio Fabio Rodriques Catharino, Joinville, BR;
Yingqin Yuan, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
An embodiment of a method of determining inertia of a laundry load may comprise an extraction stabilization phase, where liquid is extracted from the laundry load by rotating the basket at first rotational speed, and a sensing phase. The sensing phase may include a deceleration phase, where the basket speed decreases to a second rotational speed, followed by an acceleration phase, where the basket speed increases back toward the first rotational speed. The inertia of the laundry load may be determined from data sensed during the deceleration and acceleration phases.