Title:
CLOTHES TREATMENT APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2024/014674
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
The clothes treatment apparatus comprises: a cabinet; a tub disposed inside the cabinet; a drum rotating inside the tub; and dampers, each coupled to the cabinet and the tub so as to reduce vibration of the tub caused by rotation of the drum. The damper includes: a piston; a cylinder having an inner space so that the piston can move therein, the cylinder including a yoke, and a bobbin disposed at one side of the yoke; and friction members which are disposed between the outer surface of the piston and the inner surface of the cylinder, and which include a magnetorheological fluid having a viscosity that changes according to magnetic fields, wherein the thickness of the friction member disposed between the piston and the bobbin can be less than the thickness of the friction member disposed between the piston and the yoke.
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Inventors:
KIM DOYEON (KR)
CHOI SEUNGBOK (KR)
CHOE HYUNGJIN (KR)
KANG BYUNGHYUK (KR)
KANG JEONGHOON (KR)
KIM BOGYU (KR)
PARK YUJIN (KR)
PARK JAEIK (KR)
PARK JUNHYEONG (KR)
LEE SEJUN (KR)
CHOI SEUNGBOK (KR)
CHOE HYUNGJIN (KR)
KANG BYUNGHYUK (KR)
KANG JEONGHOON (KR)
KIM BOGYU (KR)
PARK YUJIN (KR)
PARK JAEIK (KR)
PARK JUNHYEONG (KR)
LEE SEJUN (KR)
Application Number:
PCT/KR2023/006149
Publication Date:
January 18, 2024
Filing Date:
May 04, 2023
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD (KR)
UNIV INHA RES & BUSINESS FOUND (KR)
UNIV INHA RES & BUSINESS FOUND (KR)
International Classes:
D06F37/22; D06F39/12; F16F9/53
Foreign References:
KR20110101242A | 2011-09-15 | |||
KR101472011B1 | 2014-12-11 | |||
KR20120122539A | 2012-11-07 | |||
KR102290868B1 | 2021-08-20 | |||
US6279700B1 | 2001-08-28 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SELIM INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW FIRM (KR)
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