Wire and conduit mounting harness assemblies for a refrigerator appliance
AssigneeHaier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
InventorsDaniel Roth, Jeremy Joseph Ryan
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Abstract
A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet defining a chilled chamber, door being rotatably mounted to the cabinet to provide selective access to the chilled chamber, a harness housing mounted to the cabinet and defining a conduit adapter, and a waterline conduit routed through the cabinet, the waterline conduit defining a connecting portion for receipt within the conduit adapter and a plurality of protruding ribs extending from an outer surface of the waterline conduit.
Claims18
A refrigerator appliance comprising:
- a cabinet defining a chilled chamber;
- a door being rotatably mounted to the cabinet to provide selective access to the chilled chamber;
- a harness housing mounted to the cabinet and defining a conduit adapter;
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- a waterline conduit routed through the cabinet, the waterline conduit defining a connecting portion for receipt within the conduit adapter and a plurality of protruding ribs extending from an outer surface of the waterline conduit,
- wherein the conduit adapter comprises an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve, the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve being concentric to define a receiving groove for receiving the connecting portion of the waterline conduit.
A harness connecting assembly for a refrigerator appliance, the refrigerator appliance comprising a cabinet defining an aperture, the harness connecting assembly comprising:
- a harness housing inserted through the aperture of the cabinet, the harness housing comprising a plurality of clips to secure the harness housing to the cabinet and a conduit adapter;
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- a waterline conduit routed through the cabinet, the waterline conduit defining a connecting portion for receipt within the conduit adapter and a plurality of protruding ribs extending from an outer surface of the waterline conduit to engage the conduit adapter,
- wherein the conduit adapter comprises an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve, the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve being concentric to define a receiving groove for receiving the connecting portion of the waterline conduit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.