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US 11,885,555 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for a drain harness
AssigneeMidea Group Co., Ltd.
InventorEric Scalf
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Abstract
A drain harness for a device with a drain. The drain harness may define at least a portion of one or more through openings. The drain harness may include one or more electrical wirings. The drain harness may include one or more electrical components. The drain harness may be flexible or flexed between one or more configurations. The drain harness may include one or more caps and/or seal mechanisms.
Claims19
A device with a drain comprising:
- a housing having a drain, wherein the drain includes a first inlet and a first outlet;
- a drain harness having a harness body, wherein the harness body includes a first end adjacent the first inlet and a second end adjacent the first outlet;
- wherein the harness body defines a through opening extending from the first end to the second end, wherein the through opening includes a second inlet adjacent the first end of the harness body and a second outlet adjacent the second end of the harness body, and one or more electrical wirings extending from the first end to the second end of the harness body;
- an internal cap sealing the second inlet of the harness body through opening;
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- an external cap sealing the second outlet of the harness body through opening.
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A drain harness comprising:
- a flexible harness body having a first end and a second end;
- wherein the harness body defines one or more through openings extending from the first end to the second end, wherein the one or more through openings defines one or more inlets adjacent the first end and one or more outlets adjacent the second end, and wherein the one or more inlets are in fluid communication with the one or more outlets;
- wherein the harness body includes one or more electrical wirings extending from the first end to the second end;
- an internal cap sealing the one or more inlets of the harness body through opening;
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- an external cap sealing the one or more outlets of the harness body through opening.
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A method of installing a drain harness within a drain of a device comprising the steps of:
- providing a device having a drain, wherein the drain includes a first inlet and a first outlet;
- providing a drain harness having a harness body, wherein the harness body includes a first end and an opposing second end, wherein the harness body defines at least one through opening extending from the first end to the second end, wherein the at least one through opening includes a second inlet adjacent the first end of the harness body and a second outlet adjacent the second end of the harness body, and one or more electrical wirings extending from the first end to the second end of the harness body;
- progressively inserting the drain harness through at least one of the first inlet and the first outlet until the first end of the harness body is adjacent the first inlet of the drain and the second end of the harness body is adjacent the first outlet of the drain;
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- flexing the drain harness between a first configuration when unassembled with the drain of the device to a second configuration when assembled with the drain of the device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.