公开(公告)号：US20250027254A1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-23

申请号：US18714957

申请日：2022-11-30

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Sungyong KIM ,  Injae HAN ,  Kanghun LEE ,  Woore KIM

IPC: D06F39/04 ,  D06F37/26 ,  D06F37/30 ,  D06F39/02 ,  D06F103/18

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus can include a cabinet including an inlet, a tub disposed inside the cabinet, the tub being configured to hold water, a drum disposed inside the tub, the drum including a conductive material and being configured to rotate, a driver including a rotation shaft, the driver being disposed at a rear of the tub and being configured to rotate the drum, and an induction module coupled to an outer circumferential surface of the tub, the induction module being configured to generate a magnetic field for heating the drum. Also, a position of the induction module is shifted by an angle within a range from 0 degrees to 45 degrees away from an upper end of the tub that overlaps with the rotation shaft of the driver.

公开(公告)号：US20240417906A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-19

申请号：US18705026

申请日：2022-10-26

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Kanghun LEE ,  Sungyong KIM ,  Injae HAN ,  Woore KIM

IPC: D06F34/26 ,  D06F25/00 ,  D06F37/26 ,  D06F39/08 ,  D06F58/24 ,  D06F58/26 ,  D06F103/32 ,  D06F103/34 ,  D06F105/36

Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus is disclosed. A laundry treating apparatus according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: a cabinet; a tub provided inside the cabinet; a drum rotatably provided inside the tub and accommodating clothes; and a first temperature measurement unit and a second temperature measurement unit that are provided in the tub and measure air temperature inside the tub during a drying cycle for drying the clothes, wherein a water storage space for receiving water is formed on the bottom surface of the tub, the first temperature measurement unit is spaced apart from the water storage space and measures the temperature of dry air, the second temperature measuring unit is provided in the water storage space, and a protruding end protruding from the bottom surface of the tub toward the drum to measure temperature faces the drum, wherein the protruding end is exposed to air during the drying cycle.

公开(公告)号：US20250043494A1

公开(公告)日：2025-02-06

申请号：US18715039

申请日：2022-11-30

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Kanghun LEE ,  Dongkil CHOI ,  Hyeonjoong KIM ,  Woore KIM

IPC: D06F37/40 ,  D06F37/26 ,  D06F39/04 ,  D06F39/08 ,  D06F58/08

Abstract: Provided is a laundry treating apparatus including a cabinet having an inlet disposed in a front surface thereof, a tub having a tub inlet disposed therein and facing the inlet of the cabinet, wherein the tub is configured to accommodate water therein, a drum disposed inside the tub, and configured to accommodate laundry therein, a driver including a rotation shaft coupled to a rear of the tub and configured to rotate the drum, and, an induction module coupled to an outer circumferential surface of the tub that is configured to form a magnetic field for heating the drum. The induction module includes a base coupled to the outer circumferential surface, and a coil configured to generate the magnetic field. The base includes a seating surface fixed to the outer circumferential surface of the tub, a plurality of first straight ribs, a plurality of second straight ribs, and a plurality of curved ribs.