Heated sliding window assembly with an electrically connected sliding pane

A heated sliding window assembly comprising, in combination:

• a frame having a circumferential segment and a pair of post segments which cooperate with the circumferential segment to define a left aperture, a right aperture, and a central aperture;
• a left fixed pane closing the left aperture, and having a left electrically conductive heating grid, and a right fixed pane closing the right aperture and having a right electrically conductive heating grid;
• a sliding pane having a left side and a right side, slidable within the frame between an open position and a closed position where the sliding pane closes the central aperture, and having an electrically conductive heating grid;
• a first electrically conductive element electrically connected to the left electrically conductive heating grid;
• a second electrically conductive element electrically connected to the sliding pane heating grid near the left side of the sliding pane;
• a third electrically conductive element electrically connected to the sliding pare heating grid near the right side of the sliding pane;
• and
• a fourth electrically conductive element electrically connected to the right electrically conductive heating grid;
• wherein when the sliding pane is in the closed position, the second electrically conductive element is electrically connected to the first electrically conductive element and the third electrically conductive element is electrically connected to the fourth electrically conductive element, and when the sliding pane is in the open position, the second electrically conductive element is not electrically connected to the first electrically conductive element and the third electrically conductive element is not electrically connected to the fourth electrically conductive element.

A heated sliding window assembly comprising, in combination:

• a frame having a circumferential segment and a pair of post segments which cooperate with the circumferential segment to define a first aperture, a second aperture, and a center aperture;
• a first fixed pane attached to the circumferential segment and closing the first aperture, and a second fixed pane, closing the second aperture, the fixed panes each having a corresponding electrically conductive heating grid;
• a sliding pane having a first side adjacent the first fixed pane, slidable within the circumferential segment between an open position and a closed position where the sliding pane closes the center aperture, and having an electrically conductive heating grid;
• a first electrically conductive element electrically connected to the first fixed pane heating grid;
• a second electrically conductive element electrically connecting the sliding pane heating grid to the first electrically conductive element when the sliding pane is in the closed position, and not electrically connecting the sliding pane heating grid to the first electrically conductive element when the sliding pane is in the open position;
• a third electrically conductive element electrically connected to the sliding pane heating grid near the first side of the sliding pane;
• and
• a fourth electrically conductive element electrically connecting the second fixed pane heating grid and the third electrically conductive element when the sliding pane is in the closed position and not connecting the second fixed pane heating grid to the third electrically conductive element when the sliding pane is in the open position.

A heated sliding window assembly comprising, in combination:

• a fixed portion comprising a circumferential frame and a fixed pane attached to the circumferential frame, the fixed pane having an electrically conductive heating grid;
• a sliding pane slidable within the circumferential frame between an open position and a closed position, the sliding pane having an electrically conductive heating grid;
• a first electrically conductive element mounted on the fixed portion;
• and
• a second electrically conductive element mounted on the sliding pane and electrically connected to the sliding pane heating grid, wherein the first and second electrically conductive elements are electrically connected when the sliding pane is in the closed position and the second electrically conductive element makes wiping contact with the first electrically conductive element as the sliding pane slides from the open position to the closed position.