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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2019
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
William Frantz, Berrien Springs, MI (US);
Timothy E. Heater, Hartford, MI (US);
Ndjeka K. Luhahi, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Nicholas E. Mawhorr, Granger, IN (US);
Jose Aldo Ramirez, Monterrey, MX;
Scott T. Thalls, Stevensville, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A laundry appliance door assembly with a wire cover to protect the wire conductor that passes through the door hinge where it has a tendency to get pulled and damaged when the door is in motion. The wire cover includes a wire cover and a wire conduit coaxially connected together allowing the wire cover to rotate relative to the wiring conduit while within alignment of the hinge rotational axis. The wire cover comprises two lateral halves for ease of installation where it is designed to encase the wire conductor that passes through the door hinge.