Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Clutch assembly and washing machine having the same
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Application No.: US13755278Application Date: 2013-01-31
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Publication No.: US09611582B2Publication Date: 2017-04-04
- Inventor: Seok Jin Lee , Yeong Man Kim , Jung Hwan Kim
- Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: KR Suwon-si
- Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Suwon-si
- Agency: Staas & Halsey LLP
- Priority: KR10-2012-0011277 20120203
- Main IPC: D06F37/30
- IPC: D06F37/30 ; D06F37/40 ; D06F23/04

Abstract:
A washing machine includes a cabinet, a tub disposed within the cabinet, to store wash water, a rotating tub rotatably disposed within the tub, a pulsator rotatably disposed within the rotating tub, a motor disposed beneath the tub, to provide power for rotation of the rotating tub and the pulsator, and a clutch assembly disposed between the motor and the rotating tub. The clutch assembly includes a clutch coupling movable vertically between upper and lower positions to transmit the power from the motor to at least one of the rotating tub and the pulsator, a coupling lever movable pivotally to vertically move the clutch coupling, and a clutch lever movable pivotally and operatively connected to the coupling lever to pivotally move the coupling lever.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130199247A1 CLUTCH ASSEMBLY AND WASHING MACHINE HAVING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2013-08-08
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