Patent ID: 8203244
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: D06F

Abstract:
1. A support for fixing an electric motor to a tub of a washing machine or similar household appliance, the electric motor being of an external rotor type, for driving in rotation a drum supported in the tub, the electric motor being provided with a control circuit board wherein the support comprises: an upper portion comprising fixing means adapted to be fixed to the tub of the washing machine or similar household appliance; a front flange adapted to be fixed to the electric motor, said front flange comprising a lowered portion; and stiffening ribs connecting the lowered portion of the front flange to the upper portion of the support, in such a way as to structurally support said lowered portion, said stiffening ribs being associatable with the control circuit board of the motor in such a way as to perform a heat dissipation function for said control circuit board.