Washing Machine and Driving Apparatus Thereof
A driving apparatus for a washing machine includes a single-phase outer rotor brushless motor and a driving wheel. The motor drives the driving wheel and includes a stator and a rotor. The stator includes a stator core and windings wound around the stator core. The rotor includes a rotor yoke, and a permanent magnet. An inner surface of the permanent magnet and an outer surface of a tooth tip are opposed to each other and define an uneven gap there between for allowing the rotor to rotate relative to the stator. A radial width of the gap associated with each magnetic pole progressively increases from a center portion toward circumferential ends of the magnetic pole, and a radial width of the gap associated with each magnetic pole is symmetrical with respect to a center axis of the magnetic pole along the circumferential direction.