US 12,331,449 B2
Washing machine
Hak Jae Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Jun Ho Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Jeong Haeng Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/397,303.
Application 18/397,303 is a continuation of application No. 17/098,617, filed on Nov. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,898,298.
Application 17/098,617 is a continuation of application No. 15/814,716, filed on Nov. 16, 2017, granted, now 10,858,776, issued on Dec. 8, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2016-0178555 (KR), filed on Dec. 23, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0125036 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. D06F 29/00 (2006.01); D06F 31/00 (2006.01); D06F 37/02 (2006.01); D06F 39/10 (2006.01)
CPC D06F 39/10 (2013.01) [D06F 29/00 (2013.01); D06F 31/00 (2013.01); D06F 37/02 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A washing machine comprising:
a housing;
a drum rotatably disposed inside the housing;
a driving motor;
a driving shaft configured to transfer a rotational force from the driving motor to the drum; and
a driving shaft flange configured to connect the driving shaft to the drum,
wherein the driving shaft flange comprises:
a first surface;
a second surface substantially parallel to the first surface, the first surface and the second surface spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance in a vertical direction of the drum; and
an extension portion formed perpendicular to the first surface and the second surface, and connecting the first surface to the second surface, and
wherein an edge of the first surface, an edge of the second surface, and an edge of the extension portion are substantially aligned in the vertical direction of the drum.