Integrated motor and controller assemblies for horizontal axis washing machines

A horizontal axis washing machine includes an integrated motor and controller assembly. The controller is mounted to the electric motor with the controller positioned under a tub of the washing machine. The tub provides drip protection for the controller during operation of the washing machine. Addi...

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Hauptverfasser:	LEVINE GREGORY M, BURTON STEPHEN J, HILTON DANIEL E, SCHROER SCOTT M, MAJOR MICHAEL W
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS,e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USERAPPLICATIONS CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES ELECTRICITY FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS GENERATION LAUNDERING LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILEARTICLES TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE TEXTILES TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE
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Zusammenfassung:	A horizontal axis washing machine includes an integrated motor and controller assembly. The controller is mounted to the electric motor with the controller positioned under a tub of the washing machine. The tub provides drip protection for the controller during operation of the washing machine. Additional embodiments include a motor and controller assembly in which a heat producing component of the controller is thermally coupled to a heat sink. The heat sink is positioned on an endshield of the electric motor and/or external to a housing of the motor controller. A stator of the electric motor can include one or more magnet wires attached directly to a connector for the motor controller.