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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2023
Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Gregory Sergeevich Chernov, Louisville, KY (US);
Bradford Gasior, Louisville, KY (US);
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An appliance includes an appliance wall, a water filtration assembly having a filtration housing mounted to the appliance wall via a manifold, and an electrical connection electrically coupling the water filtration assembly to a power source. The water filtration assembly includes at least one fluid inlet port and at least one fluid outlet port secured to the manifold for receiving fluid from a fluid source. The electrical connection is separate and spaced apart from the manifold. The electrical connection includes at least one first and second electrical contacts. When the first electrical contact(s) contacts the second electrical contact(s), power and/or one or more signals for communication/sensing is provided to the water filtration assembly. Further, the first electrical contact(s) is arranged on the filtration housing to align with the second electrical contact when the filtration housing is mounted to the appliance wall regardless of an orientation of the filtration housing.