公开(公告)号：US09708740B2

公开(公告)日：2017-07-18

申请号：US13910465

申请日：2013-06-05

Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

Inventor： Il Sung Bae ,  Myung Chul Kim ,  Moo Hyung Lee ,  Jae Seuk Park ,  Sung Jin Cho ,  Kwan Joo Myoung ,  Se Jin Jo

IPC: D06F37/22 ,  D06F37/20

CPC classification number: D06F37/203 ,  D06F37/225 ,  Y10T74/2109

Abstract: A washing machine having a balancer housing capable of transmitting electric power from an external power source to a balancing module. The washing machine includes a rotary drum, and a balancer to counterbalance an unbalanced load generated in the rotary drum. The balancer includes a balancer housing mounted to the rotary drum, and a balancing module having a moving unit to move inside the balancer housing. The balancer housing includes an electrode provided at an inner surface of the balancer housing in a circumferential direction thereof in order to transmit electric power to the moving unit of the balancing module, an electric wire electrically connected to the electrode in order to apply electric power from an external power source to the electrode, and a connector provided at an outer surface of the balancer housing in order to electrically connect the electric wire and the electrode.