Patent ID: 8075074

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet with a refrigeration compartment defined by surrounding walls and an open side, at least one cabinet door arranged to move relative to the cabinet to selectively open and close the open side, at least one component located in the cabinet door requiring information to be transmitted between the cabinet and the cabinet door, a first mating hub located on a downwardly facing surface of a top wall of the refrigeration compartment, a second mating hub carried in a cantilevered position on the cabinet door, such that when the cabinet door is moved into a closed position relative to the cabinet, the second mating hub will project inwardly of the open side of the cabinet and the first and second mating hubs will be arranged in vertical alignment, the mating hubs having terminal connections for transmitting information from one mating hub to the other when vertically aligned, the terminal connections of the first mating hub facing downwardly and the terminal connections of the second mating hub facing upwardly.