US 12,476,503 B2
Motor for laundry apparatus
Sunho Kim, Seoul (KR); Kyeong-Hwan Kim, Seoul (KR); and Seung-Suk Oh, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jan. 31, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/103,817.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0027456 (KR), filed on Mar. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0283129 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. H02K 1/2786 (2022.01); D06F 37/30 (2020.01); D06F 58/20 (2006.01); H02K 1/12 (2006.01); H02K 5/04 (2006.01); H02K 7/14 (2006.01)
CPC H02K 1/2786 (2013.01) [D06F 37/304 (2013.01); D06F 58/20 (2013.01); H02K 1/12 (2013.01); H02K 5/04 (2013.01); H02K 7/14 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A motor for a laundry apparatus, comprising:
a stator including:
a core having an annular shape, and
a coil wound around the core; and
a rotor including:
a magnet disposed outside the stator and spaced apart from the stator, and
a rotor frame fixing the magnet and configured to rotate around the stator,
wherein the rotor frame includes:
a base frame having a circular shape and facing the coil, the base frame being spaced apart from the coil,
an extension frame protruding from an edge of the base frame in a circumferential direction and having an inner circumferential surface, the magnet being fixed to the inner circumferential surface,
an air inlet extending through the base frame and configured to suction air, and
a blade disposed adjacent to the air inlet and protruding from the base frame, the blade being positioned outside a region in which the coil is disposed and faces the base frame.