Isolated voltage door latch for an appliance
AssigneeElectrolux Home Products, Inc.
InventorsGlen L. Mitchell, Flavio Ret
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Abstract
An isolated voltage door latch for an appliance that includes a controller and a door contact. The controller is configured to control an electrical load device within the appliance based on a control signal. The door contact is configured to trigger transmission of a sensing signal to an electrical load actuator electrically coupled to the electrical load device. The sensing signal is transmitted to the electrical load actuator via a door latch circuit in a first instance in which the door contact is in a closed state. Furthermore, the electrical load device is configured to be activated in a second instance in which the sensing signal and the control signal are received by the electrical load actuator.
Claims20
An appliance, comprising:
- a controller configured to control an electrical load device within the appliance based on a control signal;
- and
- a door contact configured to trigger transmission of a sensing signal to an electrical load actuator electrically coupled to the electrical load device,
- wherein the sensing signal is transmitted to the electrical load actuator via a door latch circuit in a first instance in which the door contact is in a closed state, and
- wherein the electrical load device is configured to be activated in a second instance in which the sensing signal and the control signal are received by the electrical load actuator.
An appliance, comprising:
- a controller configured to control an electrical load device within the appliance based on a control signal;
- and
- a door latch circuit configured to facilitate the control of the electrical load device based on a sensing signal received from a door contact,
- wherein the door latch signal is configured to transmit the sensing signal to an electrical load actuator electrically coupled to the electrical load device,
- wherein the sensing signal is transmitted to the electrical load actuator via the door latch circuit in a first instance in which the door contact is in a closed state, and
- wherein the electrical load device is configured to be activated in a second instance in which the sensing signal and the control signal are received by the electrical load actuator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.