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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2018
Applicant:
Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Inventor:
Eric Ormsby Sakal, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 31/06 (2006.01); H01R 24/30 (2011.01); H01R 13/04 (2006.01); H01R 29/00 (2006.01); D06F 58/00 (2006.01); H01R 103/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 31/06 (2013.01); H01R 24/30 (2013.01); D06F 58/00 (2013.01); H01R 13/04 (2013.01); H01R 29/00 (2013.01); H01R 2103/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An appliance and a power cord assembly for providing electrical power to the appliance are provided. A plug receptacle is positioned on the appliance cabinet which includes two hot prongs, a neutral prong, and a ground prong. A power cord extends between an appliance plug and a wall plug, the wall plug being coupled to either a three prong or four prong outlet. The appliance plug includes four terminals complementary to the plug receptacle, with the neutral terminal and the ground terminal being electrically coupled within the appliance plug if the power cord has three wires.