Abstract: A washing machine is provided. The washing machine includes a water tub configured to be disposed in a cabinet and to store wash water, a rotating tub configured to be rotatably installed in the water tub and to include an opening formed in an upper end portion thereof, and a driver configured to be connected to the rotating tub and to rotate the rotating tub, wherein a deviation preventer configured to prevent wash water in the rotating tub from being deviated to one side during rotation of the rotating tub is formed at an upper end portion of the rotating tub.

Abstract: A washing machine is disclosed. The present washing machine comprises: a motor for driving a spin-dry tub such that a maximum rotational speed of the spin-dry tub has a preset value during spin-drying; and a processor for acquiring dry clothes weight and wet clothes weight of laundry put into the spin-dry tub, determining whether the washing machine is overloaded in the spin-drying on the basis of the acquired dry clothes weight and wet clothes weight, and controlling driving of the motor such that the maximum rotational speed of the motor is a value less than the preset value during the spin-drying, if the washing machine is determined to be overloaded.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a washing machine and a control method thereof. The method of controlling the washing machine may include accelerating a motor, and detecting a weight of laundry inside a washing tub; and providing a force in a direction opposite to a rotating direction of the motor to the motor, and decelerating the motor.

Abstract: A washing machine includes a main body; a washing tub provided inside the main body to receive washing water; a dewatering tub rotatably provided inside the washing tub; a driving device configured to supply a rotational force; a clutch unit to operate in a first mode in which the rotational force generated in the driving device is transmitted to the dewatering tub and a second mode in which the rotational force is not transmitted to the dewatering tub; a clutch motor to switch an operation mode of the clutch unit; and a cam switch switched from a switch-off state to a switch-on state, wherein the cam switch outputs pulses having the same period as a frequency of AC power supplied to the clutch motor in the switch-on state, and when the cam switch is switched from the switch-off state to the switch-on state, the clutch unit is stopped.

Abstract: A washing machine is provided. The washing machine includes a water tub configured to be disposed in a cabinet and to store wash water, a rotating tub configured to be rotatably installed in the water tub and to include an opening formed in an upper end portion thereof, and a driver configured to be connected to the rotating tub and to rotate the rotating tub, wherein a deviation preventer configured to prevent wash water in the rotating tub from being deviated to one side during rotation of the rotating tub is formed at an upper end portion of the rotating tub.

Abstract: A washing machine includes an alternating current (AC) motor which generates torque, a clutch assembly which selectively transfers the torque to a rotating tub and a pulsator, a speed detector which detects a rotary speed of the clutch assembly, and a controller configured to repetitively perform operating and stopping the operating of the AC motor based on a predetermined target speed and the rotary speed of the clutch assembly in a spin-drying operation. The controller gradually increases the torque of the AC motor while operating the AC motor.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a washing machine including: a main body having a laundry inlet in the front portion; a tub disposed in the inside of the main body, and configured to store water; a drum rotatably disposed in the inside of the tub; a pulsator disposed in the inside of the drum, and configured to be rotatable relative to the drum; a motor configured to provide a driving force to the pulsator; and a controller configured to control a current flowing to the motor on the basis of revolution per minute (rpm) of the pulsator rotating by a movement of laundry contained in the drum, and to start controlling the motor on the basis of rpm of the drum.

Abstract: A washing machine, a method and computer readable recording medium. The washing machine includes a washing spindle and a spin-drying spindle, a coupling that is movable to be engaged with a rotation preventing unit of the washing machine so that power of the driving motor is transferred to the washing spindle but not to the spin-drying spindle, and is movable to a position in which the coupling is not engaged with the rotation preventing unit so that power of the driving motor is transferred to both the washing spindle and the spin-drying spindle, and a control device configured to, in a washing mode of the washing machine, bring the coupling into contact with the rotation preventing unit, cause the coupling to rotate in first and second directions so that the coupling is engaged with the rotation preventing unit, and determine an engagement state by test-operating the driving motor.

Abstract: A washing machine includes a first tub storing water; a first drum provided to be rotatable in the first tub; a first driving motor for rotating the first drum; a second tub storing water; a second drum provided to be rotatable in the second tub; a second driving motor for rotating the second drum; at least one heater for heating water stored in at least one of the first tub and the second tub; and a controller configured to determine whether the at least one heater and the second driving motor are operating at a time to operate the first driving motor, and control operation of the second driving motor to be stopped and control the first driving motor to be operated when the at least one heater and the second driving motor are operating.

Abstract: Provided is a washing apparatus and a method of controlling the same. The washing apparatus includes a washing tub; and a controller configured to determine whether laundry put into the washing tub is wet laundry or dry laundry, and to determine a weight of the laundry in the washing tub through a detection of wet laundry weight or a detection of dry laundry weight, based on a result of the determination. The washing apparatus includes a washing tub; and a controller configured to detect a water level of washing water in the washing tub, configured to perform at least one of detecting a weight of wet laundry weight and dry laundry according to the water level, and configured to allow washing to be performed according to at least one result of the detection of the wet laundry weight and the dry laundry weight.

Abstract: A variable partition apparatus for a trunk of a vehicle may include a luggage board having a guide rail and arranged on an bottom surface of a trunk room, an actuating unit configured to move forwards, rearwards, leftwards, and rightwards along the guide rail, a board fixing unit coupled to an upper portion of the actuating unit and in which a partition board may be fixedly assembled while being erected, and a partition board configured to move and rotate on the luggage board by the actuating unit to variably divide the trunk room.

Abstract: A washing machine includes a main body; a washing tub provided inside the main body to receive washing water; a dewatering tub rotatably provided inside the washing tub; a driving device configured to supply a rotational force; a clutch unit to operate in a first mode in which the rotational force generated in the driving device is transmitted to the dewatering tub and a second mode in which the rotational force is not transmitted to the dewatering tub; a clutch motor to switch an operation mode of the clutch unit; and a cam switch switched from a switch-off state to a switch-on state, wherein the cam switch outputs pulses having the same period as a frequency of AC power supplied to the clutch motor in the switch-on state, and when the cam switch is switched from the switch-off state to the switch-on state, the clutch unit is stopped.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a washing machine and a control method thereof. The method of controlling the washing machine may include accelerating a motor, and detecting a weight of laundry inside a washing tub; and providing a force in a direction opposite to a rotating direction of the motor to the motor, and decelerating the motor.

Abstract: A washing machine includes a rotary tub; a motor to rotate the rotary tub; a velocity sensing unit to sense rotational velocity of the motor; and a controller to compare a command value of the motor with a predetermined limit value, when the rotational velocity of the motor is less than a spin-drying velocity during spin-drying, to determine whether the motor is overloaded and to control driving of the motor in response to the determination.

Abstract: An assist handle apparatus for a vehicle having a mounting plate positioned at a handgrip may include a damping mechanism having a hinge pin connected to the handgrip; hinge ends positioned at first and second sides of the mounting plate, wherein a damper seat is formed in a space defined between the hinge ends; a damper that is inserted in the damper seat with the hinge pin passing through the damper and the hinge ends, the damper having first and second damping ends protruding at a first side and a second side of an outer circumference of the damper respectively; and a stopper that is formed on an inner side of a hinge portion of the handgrip, wherein the stopper damps rotation shock in both rotation directions of the handgrip when the stopper selectively contacts with the first damping end or the second damping end according to rotation of the handgrip.

Abstract: A method of controlling a washing machine includes detecting a water level in a drum when a barrel cleaning is executed; supplying or draining water according to the detected water level such that a water level reaches a reference water level; soaking an interior of the drum in water; draining water after the interior of the drum is soaked in water; and detecting clothes contained in the drum by rotating the drum.

Abstract: A washing machine is provided. The washing machine includes a water tub configured to be disposed in a cabinet and to store wash water, a rotating tub configured to be rotatably installed in the water tub and to include an opening formed in an upper end portion thereof, and a driver configured to be connected to the rotating tub and to rotate the rotating tub, wherein a deviation preventer configured to prevent wash water in the rotating tub from being deviated to one side during rotation of the rotating tub is formed at an upper end portion of the rotating tub.

Abstract: A washing machine and a control method thereof, capable of reducing noise by performing a zero-current control during the braking of a motor, and checking whether a vibration sensor is installed on a tub in a weight detection state in the beginning of a spin-drying. The zero-current control is performed by driving a current regulator with a command current set to “0 A”, so that the current flowing at the motor decreases and thus noise is reduced. In a washing machine having a vibration sensor fixedly attached to a tub, a fixation state of the vibration sensor with respect to the tub is checked in advance by use of measurement data of the vibration sensor at a weight detection stage in the beginning of the spin drying so that the frame touch caused by an erroneous detection of vibration or a failure of vibration detection may be prevented.

Abstract: In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, a washing apparatus including a main motor configured to generate a rotational force and provide the rotational force to a washing shaft; a coupling disposed above the main motor and selectively transmitting the rotational force of the main motor to a spin-drying shaft by vertically moving; a clutch motor configured to generate a tensile force in a radial direction of the coupling; a clutch lever configured to decouple the main motor from the coupling by moving the coupling upward using the tensile force of the clutch motor; and a controller configured to rotate the main motor in a mode switching section from a spin-drying mode, in which the coupling is coupled to the main motor, to a washing mode, in which the coupling is decoupled from the main motor, or from the washing mode to the spin-drying mode.

Abstract: A washing machine includes an alternating current (AC) motor which generates torque, a clutch assembly which selectively transfers the torque to a rotating tub and a pulsator, a speed detector which detects a rotary speed of the clutch assembly, and a controller configured to repetitively perform operating and stopping the operating of the AC motor based on a predetermined target speed and the rotary speed of the clutch assembly in a spin-drying operation. The controller gradually increases the torque of the AC motor while operating the AC motor.