Reinforcing cap for a tub rear wall of an appliance

A laundry appliance includes a tub having a rear wall that includes a plurality of structural ribs. A drive hub has a bearing housing insert injection molded into the rear wall. A stator is attached to the drive hub at stator fastening portions exposed through the rear wall of the tub. A reinforcing...

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Hauptverfasser:	Hull, James B, Miller, Christoph J, Fricke, Steven, Walsh, Eric J, Wagoner, Peter A, Godha, Tarun Sai Yadav
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES ELECTRICITY FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR GENERATION LAUNDERING LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILEARTICLES TEXTILES TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE
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Zusammenfassung:	A laundry appliance includes a tub having a rear wall that includes a plurality of structural ribs. A drive hub has a bearing housing insert injection molded into the rear wall. A stator is attached to the drive hub at stator fastening portions exposed through the rear wall of the tub. A reinforcing cap is fixed to the structural ribs of the rear wall of the tub. The bearing housing of the drive hub extends rearwards through a portion of the reinforcing cap. The stator fastening portions are exposed through the reinforcing cap.