US 11,834,767 B2
Washing machine
Kwang Min Chun, Suwon-si (KR); Hwa Shik Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Min Jea Choi, Suwon-si (KR); and Nae Young Park, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jul. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/947,237.
Application 16/947,237 is a continuation of application No. 15/576,227, granted, now 10,767,300, previously published as PCT/KR2016/007849, filed on Jul. 19, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2015-0107288 (KR), filed on Jul. 29, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2020/0354875 A1, Nov. 12, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. D06F 34/10 (2020.01); D06F 39/14 (2006.01); E05D 11/00 (2006.01); D06F 34/04 (2020.01)
CPC D06F 34/10 (2020.02) [D06F 39/14 (2013.01); D06F 34/04 (2020.02); E05D 11/0081 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A washing machine comprising:
a cabinet having an opening at a front side;
a drum rotatably disposed inside the cabinet;
a door configured to open or close the opening;
a hinge configured to pivotably couple the door to the cabinet; and
a wire extending from an inside of the cabinet to the door,
wherein the hinge comprises:
a hinge body coupled to the cabinet,
a hinge arm extending from the hinge body,
a protrusion protruding from the hinge arm to form a rotating axis of the door,
a wire guide portion formed at the hinge arm and the protrusion to accommodate the wire,
a hinge cover coupled to the hinge arm and the protrusion to cover the wire guide portion to prevent the wire accommodated in the wire guide portion from being exposed, and
a fixing ring configured to enclose the protrusion and an end portion of the hinge cover to couple the end portion of the hinge cover to the protrusion.