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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2016
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Davide Jonathan Leone, Louisville, KY (US);
Joseph Emil Gormley, Louisville, KY (US);
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An overcurrent protection assembly for an appliance includes a cabinet configured to house the appliance, the cabinet including a body and a door, the door movable between an open position and a closed position. The overcurrent protection assembly further includes an overcurrent protection circuit, the overcurrent protection circuit including a switch and a current limiter. The switch is alternatable between an engaged position when the door is in the open position and a disengaged position when the door is in the closed position. The current limiter is in electrical communication with the switch when the switch is in the disengaged position and not in electrical communication with the switch when the switch is in the engaged position. Electricity flowing through the overcurrent protection circuit to the appliance flows at a high current level when the switch is in the engaged position and at a low current level when the switch is in the disengaged position.