US 11,814,779 B2
Washing machine
Dong Young Kim, Seoul (KR); Adam Wishney, Singapore (SG); Doo Young Ryu, Suwon-si (KR); and In Ju Lee, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/145,401.
Application 18/145,401 is a continuation of application No. 17/336,897, filed on Jun. 2, 2021, granted, now 11,566,367.
Application 17/336,897 is a continuation of application No. 15/553,780, granted, now 11,053,629, issued on Jul. 6, 2021, previously published as PCT/KR2016/001599, filed on Feb. 17, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2015-0026854 (KR), filed on Feb. 25, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0127375 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. D06F 39/14 (2006.01); D06F 34/28 (2020.01); D06F 37/28 (2006.01); E05D 11/00 (2006.01); D06F 37/06 (2006.01)
CPC D06F 39/14 (2013.01) [D06F 34/28 (2020.02); D06F 37/28 (2013.01); E05D 11/0081 (2013.01); D06F 37/06 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/312 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A washing machine comprising:
a cabinet having an inlet port;
a door configured to open and close the inlet port;
a hinge member to couple the door to the cabinet;
an electric wire to connect a first electric component provided in the cabinet and a second electric component provided in the door,
wherein the hinge member comprises:
a cabinet coupling portion coupled to the cabinet,
a hinge arm protruding from a front surface of the cabinet coupling portion,
a hinge shaft protruding from the hinge arm to support the door rotatably, and
a wire passage formed to be recessed on a surface of the hinge arm, and
wherein the electric wire comprises:
a first wire connected to the first electric component and having a first connector, and
a second wire connected to the second electric component, passing through the wire passage, and having a second connector detachably couplable to the first connector.