Samsung electronics co., ltd. (20250084580). CLOTHING TREATMENT APPARATUS AND DAMPER FOR WASHING MACHINE

CLOTHING TREATMENT APPARATUS AND DAMPER FOR WASHING MACHINE

Organization Name

samsung electronics co., ltd.

Inventor(s)

Doyeon Kim of Suwon-si (KR)

Seungbok Choi of Incheon (KR)

Junhyeong Park of Suwon-si (KR)

Byunghyuk Kang of Incheon (KR)

Jeonghoon Kang of Suwon-si (KR)

Bogyu Kim of Pohang-si (KR)

Yujin Park of Incheon (KR)

Jaeik Park of Suwon-si (KR)

Sejun Lee of Suwon-si (KR)

Hyungjin Choe of Suwon-si (KR)

CLOTHING TREATMENT APPARATUS AND DAMPER FOR WASHING MACHINE

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250084580 titled 'CLOTHING TREATMENT APPARATUS AND DAMPER FOR WASHING MACHINE

Original Abstract Submitted

a clothing treatment apparatus including a cabinet, a tub to be disposed within the cabinet, and a damper configured to support the tub while the tub is disposed within the cabinet, a damper includes a housing, a piston configured to be movable within the housing, a core to be disposed within the housing and including a yoke and teeth extending from the yoke toward the piston, a coil wound on the core, and a magnetorheological elastomer to be disposed between the piston and the core whereby while the magnetorheological elastomer is between the piston and the core, stiffness of the magnetorheological elastomer is changeable by a magnetic field applied to control a movement of the piston within the housing.