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Stephen Bernard Froelicher0
Larry Lee Hawkins0
Mark Aaron Weaver0
Michael Francis Finch0
Benton Bartley Oukrop0
Christopher Gregory Hoppe0
Derek Lee Watkins0
Date of Patent
August 3, 2010
0Patent Application Number
110135840
Date Filed
December 16, 2004
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
A washing machine includes a cabinet, a tub mounted within the cabinet, and a basket rotationally mounted within the tub for relative rotation therewith. A suspension assembly supports the tub within the cabinet. A variable speed motor is included for rotating the basket about a rotation axis, and an inverter is operatively coupled to the motor. A controller is operatively coupled to the inverter and the motor and is configured to control the motor based on a drag torque on the basket.
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