US 12,281,427 B2
Washing apparatus and controlling method thereof
Seongdae Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Jeongnam Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Kyoungseop Shin, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Apr. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/298,015.
Application 18/298,015 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/015687, filed on Nov. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0173705 (KR), filed on Dec. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0243081 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. D06F 33/46 (2020.01); D06F 33/47 (2020.01); D06F 39/02 (2006.01); D06F 39/08 (2006.01)
CPC D06F 33/46 (2020.02) [D06F 33/47 (2020.02); D06F 39/02 (2013.01); D06F 39/085 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling a washing apparatus that comprises a power supply device, the method comprising:
controlling an operation of a motor in a general washing mode;
determining a temperature of the power supply device;
controlling, based on the temperature of the power supply device being greater than or equal to a pre-set first temperature, an operation of the motor in an overheating prevention mode that reduces power consumption of the motor;
repeating an operation in the overheating prevention mode a plurality of times such that the temperature of the power supply device becomes less than a second temperature which is lower than the first temperature; and
controlling, based on a number of overheating prevention mode operations becoming greater than a pre-set value, an operation of a heater for power consumption of the heater that heats washing water to increase.