US 12,247,342 B2
Laundry treating apparatus
Yongjun An, Seoul (KR); and Seongno Yoon, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/513,207.
Application 18/513,207 is a continuation of application No. 17/666,176, filed on Feb. 7, 2022, granted, now 11,873,601.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0017318 (KR), filed on Feb. 8, 2021; and application No. 10-2021-0017319 (KR), filed on Feb. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0084495 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. D06F 37/30 (2020.01); D06F 37/20 (2006.01); D06F 37/26 (2006.01)
CPC D06F 37/304 (2013.01) [D06F 37/206 (2013.01); D06F 37/261 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A laundry treating apparatus comprising:
a drum defining a space to receive laundry therein;
a drying unit configured to supply heated air to the drum;
a fixing panel disposed at a position spaced apart from a rear surface of the drum;
a power transmission unit including:
a housing coupled to the fixing panel,
an input shaft having one end disposed at an outside of the housing and an opposite end disposed in the housing,
an output shaft having one end coupled to a rear cover and an opposite end disposed in the housing, and
a gear unit disposed inside the housing and configured to transmit rotational motion of the input shaft to the output shaft; and
a motor coupled to the fixing panel or the housing, and configured to rotate the input shaft,
wherein the housing includes:
a housing body having an opening disposed at a surface thereof that faces the fixing panel,
an accommodation space provided in the housing body to provide a space for mounting the gear unit and communicating with an outside of the housing body through the open hole, and
a housing cover coupled to the housing body and configured to close the opening.