Compact end of line bracket and cap

An EOL bracket assembly for an appliance, comprising:

• an EOL plug configured to hold a plurality of wires for attachment to an external power source;
• an EOL bracket including an EOL body defining a through aperture, the through aperture including an interior detent for receiving and retaining the EOL plug, and flexible latches for securing the EOL bracket into a through hole defined by a panel of the appliance;
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• an EOL cap including a cap body sized to cover the EOL bracket when installed into the panel, the EOL cap having locking snaps for securing the EOL cap into cutouts of the through hole around the EOL bracket,
• wherein the EOL plug defines stop walls extending rigidly outwards from opposite side walls of the EOL plug and mount latches extending flexibly outwards from the opposite side walls of the EOL plug, such that insertion of the EOL plug into the aperture of the EOL bracket allows the mount latches to deflect inwardly around the interior detent and then resiliently flex back toward their original position once the mount latches pass beyond the interior detent, causing the interior detent to become engaged between the stop walls and the mount latches.

A method for assembling an EOL bracket assembly for an appliance, comprising:

• inserting an EOL bracket into a through hole defined by a panel of an appliance from an exterior side of the panel, the EOL bracket having an EOL body defining a through aperture from an interior end of the EOL body to an exterior end of the EOL body and a body flange extending outwards from the exterior end of the EOL body, the body flange being wider than the through hole such that the body flange mates against an outer surface of the panel when the EOL bracket is fully inserted into the through hole, and wherein opposite sides of the EOL body define flexible latches having free ends with angled snaps that secure the EOL bracket between the body flange and the angled snaps;
• inserting an EOL plug into an interior end of the through aperture to secure the EOL plug into the EOL bracket by engaging an interior detent defined by the EOL body to receive and retain the EOL plug;
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• installing an EOL cap into the through hole of the panel from the exterior side, over the EOL bracket and the EOL plug as assembled to the panel by snapping locking snaps of the EOL cap into cutouts of the through hole around the EOL bracket.