ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,488, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to AS America Inc. (Piscataway, N.J.).
"Hybrid faucet assembly" was invented by Xiaojing Ye (Edison, N.J.), Walter Pitsch (Washington, N.J.), Jesus Garcia (Monterrey, Mexico) and Enrique Gonzalez (Garcia, Mexico).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid faucet assembly configured to operate in a touchless, hands-free automatic mode and a manual mode comprises a faucet body; a faucet spout; a first manual flow control valve connected to a cold water source; a second manual flow control valve connected to a hot water source; an electromechanical valve connected to a cold water source or to both a cold w...