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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2024
Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Louis A. Wantland, Louisville, KY (US);
William Jeremy Leachman, Pewee Valley, KY (US);
Jonathan Charles Crosby, Louisville, KY (US);
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A door assembly for an appliance includes a door defining an outer door panel, a mounting stud extending from the outer door panel, and a handle assembly. The handle assembly includes a handle tube, a bushing seated against the handle tube and defining a through hole, a bushing fastener passing through the through hole of the bushing and engaging the handle tube, wherein the bushing fastener is undersized relative to the through hole to provide mechanical play between the bushing and the handle tube, an end cap positioned between an outer door panel and the handle tube, and a set screw passing through a set screw aperture defined in the bushing to engage the mounting stud and secure the bushing to the outer door panel.