ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,409, issued on July 15, was assigned to AS America Inc. (Piscataway, N.J.).
"Anti-scald device with shape memory spring" was invented by Karl Torres (Columbus, N.J.) and Xiao Jing Ye (Edison, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are anti-scald devices and faucet assemblies comprising anti-scald devices. An anti-scald device can include a housing having a cylindrical interior space comprising a first cavity, a second cavity, a mixing chamber, a hot water inlet, and a cold water inlet, a plunger provided within the cylindrical interior space and comprising a cylindrical protrusion portion that separates the first cavity from th...