Patent ID: 11970811
Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC D | IPC D

Claim 0:
1. A hub for an overmolded basket base assembly of a laundry appliance, comprising:
a central core defining an opening along an axis configured to receive torque from a drive shaft; and
a disc, extending radially outwardly from the central core about the axis, the disc configured to be overmolded in polymeric material that forms an overmolded plastic base, the disc including a plurality of posts arranged around the central core and extending upward from a top surface of the disc to form an array to align the hub when applying the torque to the hub,
the disc further comprising radial reinforcing ribs defining open-bottomed chambers between an exterior of the central core, an interior of a vertical wall extending downward from a bottom face of the disc about its circumference, and the bottom face of the disc,
the disc further defining apertures through the top surface of the disc open to the open-bottomed chambers to provide for flow of the polymeric material during overmolding of the polymeric material.