US 12,438,293 B2
Household appliance and method for assembling a household appliance
Gerhard Klein, Rothenburg ob der Tauber (DE); Elisabeth Rebelein, Rothenburg ob der Tauber (DE); and Ulrich Häutle, Rothenburg ob der Tauber (DE)
Assigned to Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag, Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 18/039,225
Filed by ELECTROLUX APPLIANCES AKTIEBOLAG, Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Nov. 19, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/082322
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 27, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/117368, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 9, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20211487 (EP), filed on Dec. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0006790 A1, Jan. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. H01R 12/70 (2011.01); H01R 12/62 (2011.01); H01R 12/67 (2011.01); H01R 43/01 (2006.01); H01R 43/02 (2006.01); H01R 43/26 (2006.01); H05B 6/12 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 12/7076 (2013.01) [H01R 12/62 (2013.01); H01R 12/7088 (2013.01); H01R 43/01 (2013.01); H01R 43/0256 (2013.01); H01R 43/26 (2013.01); H05B 6/1209 (2013.01); H01R 12/67 (2013.01); H01R 12/707 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A household appliance comprising:
a first circuit board and a second circuit board or
a first circuit board and a mains connection unit comprising a mains terminal block or a power supply box,
which are electrically connectable by a connection means comprising at least one connection line,
wherein the first circuit board comprises a first electrical connector for an electrical connection for power and/or information transmission,
wherein the first electrical connector of the first circuit board is equippable with the connection line after arrangement of the first and second circuit boards or of the first circuit board and the mains connection unit in a housing of the household appliance,
wherein at least the first circuit board is arrangeable or arranged in the housing of the household appliance at a first predefined position in a way that also the first electrical connector is arranged at a first corresponding predefined position,
and wherein the first electrical connector, which is arranged at said first predefined position, is accessible for automated equipment with the connection line from above in a top down movement by an equipment robot.