Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Suspension system
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Application No.: US16701631Application Date: 2019-12-03
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Publication No.: US11242637B2Publication Date: 2022-02-08
- Inventor: Clóvis Douglas Minchola de Assis , Afrânio Berti Chinchilha , Thiago Vianna Galavotti , Blessing Chidinma Ifekaibeya
- Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Benton Harbor
- Agency: Price Heneveld LLP
- Main IPC: D06F37/24
- IPC: D06F37/24 ; D06F37/26 ; F16C11/06

Abstract:
A laundry appliance includes a cabinet frame that defines a receiving aperture. A tub is disposed within the cabinet frame. A suspension support includes an engagement portion. The engagement portion includes an ejection surface sloping in a first direction and an assembling surface sloping in a second opposing direction to a retaining notch. A suspension rod extends between the tub and the suspension support and has a hook for selectively engaging the assembling surface in an installed position and selectively engaging the ejection surface in a misaligned position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210164146A1 SUSPENSION SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2021-06-03
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