IP Library Granted Patent US 12668909
Granted Patent B2
US 12668909 · App. 18/638,951 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Clothing treatment device

Inventors: Lining Xiong (Wuxi, CN); Yacheng Shi (Wuxi, CN); Jia Wang (Wuxi, CN)
Assignee: WUXI LITTLE SWAN ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
D06F37/24D06F37/268
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Patent No.
US 12668909
App. No.
18/638,951
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A clothing treatment device is provided. The device includes a housing, a tub assembly and a damping assembly. The damping assembly includes a first movement member and a second movement member connected to each other. An end of the first movement member away from the second movement member is connected to the tub assembly. An end of the second movement member away from the first movement member is connected to a component out of the tub assembly. The first movement member and the second movement member are relatively rotatable around a joint. An axis, around which the first movement member and the second movement member rotate relatively, is substantially parallel to an axis of the tub assembly.

Claims (48)

1 . A clothing treatment device comprising:

a housing;

a tub assembly arranged in the housing; and

a damping assembly comprising a first movement member, a second movement member connected to each other and a friction member,

wherein:

an end of the first movement member away from the second movement member is connected to the tub assembly;

an end of the second movement member away from the first movement member is connected to a component out of the tub assembly;

the first movement member and the second movement member are relatively rotatable around a joint;

an axis, around which the first movement member and the second movement member rotate relatively, is substantially parallel to an axis of the tub assembly;

the first movement member comprises a first connection seat, and the second movement member comprises a second connection seat;

the first connection seat comprises a first annular portion, and the second connection seat comprises a second annular portion;

the first annular portion and the second annular portion are nested with each other and provided with an annular space in a radial direction;

the first connection seat further comprises a first end plate connected to the first annular portion, and the second connection seat further comprises a second end plate connected to the second annular portion;

the first end plate and the second end plate are arranged in parallel;

the first annular portion and the second annular portion are located between the first end plate and the second end plate; and

the friction member is arranged in the annular space to provide friction force to achieve damping when the first movement member and the second movement member rotate relatively.

2 . The clothing treatment device of claim 1 , wherein:

a first end of the first movement member is connected to a first end of the second movement member; and

an angle between a line connecting centers of first and second ends of the first movement member and a line connecting centers of first and second ends of the second movement member does not exceed 180°.

3 . The clothing treatment device of claim 1 , wherein:

a first end of the first movement member is connected to a first end of the second movement member; and

when the tub assembly is in a stationary state, an angle between a line connecting centers of first and second ends of the first movement member and a line connecting centers of first and second ends of the second movement member is not less than 50° and does not exceed 120°.

4 . The clothing treatment device of claim 1 , wherein:

a position where the first movement member is connected to the tub assembly is a first position;

a position where the second movement member is connected to the component out of the tub assembly is a second position; and

in a planar projection perpendicular to a height direction of the clothing treatment device, when the tub assembly is in a stationary state, a line connecting centers of projections of the first position and the second position is substantially perpendicular to a tangent line of the tub assembly at the first position.

5 . The clothing treatment device of claim 1 , wherein:

the clothing treatment device further comprises a first rod and a second rod;

the first rod is fixed to an outer circumferential side of the tub assembly;

the end of the first movement member away from the second movement member is connected to the first rod; and

the end of the second movement member away from the first movement member is connected to the second rod.

6 . The clothing treatment device of claim 5 , wherein:

the end of the first movement member away from the second movement member is rotatable around a circumferential direction of the first rod; and/or

the end of the second movement member away from the first movement member is rotatable around a circumferential direction of the second rod.

7 . The clothing treatment device of claim 5 , further comprising at least one suspender,

wherein:

an end of the at least one suspender is connected to the tub assembly, and another end of the at least one suspender is connected to the housing, so that the tub assembly is suspended from the housing by the at least one suspender;

the second rod is a part of the at least one suspender or the second rod is connected to the at least one suspender.

8 . The clothing treatment device of claim 5 , further comprising an operation platform arranged at a top end of the housing,

wherein an end of the second rod is connected to the operation platform, and another end of the second rod extends downward from the operation platform.

9 . The clothing treatment device of claim 5 , further comprising a mounting seat arranged at an inner side of the housing,

wherein at least one end of the second rod is arranged on the mounting seat.

10 . The clothing treatment device of claim 5 , wherein one of the first movement member and the second movement member has a degree of freedom of moving in an up-down direction.

11 . The clothing treatment device of claim 5 , wherein one of the first movement member and the second movement member has a degree of freedom of swinging up and down.

12 . The clothing treatment device of claim 1 , wherein the second annular portion surrounds an outer circumference of the first annular portion, the second end plate is provided with a through hole, the first connection seat further comprises one or more elastic hooks arranged into an inner space of the first annular portion, an end of the one or more elastic hooks is connected to the first end plate, and another end of the one or more elastic hooks passes through the through hole and is connected to a surface at a side of the second end plate away from the first end plate.

13 . The clothing treatment device of claim 1 , wherein the first annular portion surrounds an outer circumference of the second annular portion, the first end plate is provided with a through hole, the second connection seat further comprises one or more elastic hooks arranged into an inner space of the second annular portion, an end of the one or more elastic hooks is connected to the second end plate, and another end of the one or more elastic hooks passes through the through hole and is connected to a surface at a side of the first end plate away from the second end plate.

14 . The clothing treatment device of claim 1 , wherein the first connection seat further comprises a limit structure arranged on the first end plate and located at an outer circumferential side of the first annular portion, and the limit structure is configured to form stop-fitting with the second movement member in a circumferential direction, to limit a maximum rotation angle when the second movement member rotates relative to the first movement member.

15 . The clothing treatment device of claim 1 , wherein the second connection seat further comprises a limit structure arranged on the second end plate and located at an outer circumferential side of the second annular portion, and the limit structure is configured to form stop-fitting with the first movement member in a circumferential direction, to limit a maximum rotation angle when the first movement member rotates relative to the second movement member.