US 12,234,596 B2
Washing machine
Kyunam Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Youngjin Um, Suwon-si (KR); and Younghyun Kim, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/056,865.
Application 18/056,865 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/005781, filed on May 10, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0058922 (KR), filed on May 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0080493 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. D06F 37/30 (2020.01); D06F 23/04 (2006.01); D06F 34/20 (2020.01); D06F 37/12 (2006.01); D06F 37/40 (2006.01); H02K 7/10 (2006.01); H02K 7/108 (2006.01); H02K 11/21 (2016.01); D06F 103/24 (2020.01)
CPC D06F 37/304 (2013.01) [D06F 23/04 (2013.01); D06F 34/20 (2020.02); D06F 37/12 (2013.01); D06F 37/40 (2013.01); H02K 7/1004 (2013.01); H02K 7/108 (2013.01); H02K 11/21 (2016.01); D06F 2103/24 (2020.02)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A washing machine comprising:
a water tank provided to store washing water in a cabinet;
a rotating tub rotatably provided in the water tank;
a pulsator provided in the rotating tub and rotated by a washing shaft;
a driving motor configured to generate a rotational force for rotating the washing shaft;
a clutch configured to selectively transmit the rotational force generated by the driving motor to a dewatering shaft for rotating the rotating tub and includes a housing through which the washing shaft and the dewatering shaft pass;
a pulley including a first pulley rotated by the driving motor and a second pulley connected to the washing shaft and connected to the first pulley by a belt, and configured to rotate the washing shaft;
a bracket coupled to the second pulley and to which magnets are fixed; and
a sensor unit which is coupled to the housing and configured to detect a number of rotations of the driving motor by detecting the magnets.