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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2008
Derek Lee Watkins, Elizabethtown, KY (US);
John Mark Chilton, Campbellsburg, KY (US);
Steve B. Froalicher, Shepherdsville, KY (US);
Jay Andrew Broniak, Louisville, KY (US);
Michael Paul Mcgonagle, Louisville, KY (US);
Derek Lee Watkins, Elizabethtown, KY (US);
John Mark Chilton, Campbellsburg, KY (US);
Steve B. Froalicher, Shepherdsville, KY (US);
Jay Andrew Broniak, Louisville, KY (US);
Michael Paul McGonagle, Louisville, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A wiring assembly for an appliance is disclosed. The appliance has a main body and a door movably attached to the main body. The wiring assembly includes a base attachable to the door and having a first end and a second end; a slide slidably mounted on the base so that the slide is moveable between a first position where the slide is adjacent to the first end and a second position where the slide is adjacent to the second end; a tensioning or biasing member engaging the slide with the base and biasing the slide to the first position; and a cable assembly including a power/communication cable attachable to the main body and connected to the slide. An appliance incorporating such a wiring assembly is also disclosed.