ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,165, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to AS America Inc. (Piscataway, N.J.).
"Plastic integrated anti-scald device" was invented by Hsiao Chang Li (Edison, N.J.), Jesus Garcia (Monterrey, Mexico), Enrique Gonzalez-Corona (Garcia, Mexico), Victor Loredo (Apodaca, Mexico) and Jose David Hernandez (Escobedo, Mexico).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are anti-scald assemblies for a faucet housing having a polymeric manifold housing with an anti-scald cavity housing an anti-scald device, a mixing cavity housing a mixing valve, and an actuator cavity housing an actuating member. A longitudinal axis of the anti-scald cavity is at an ang...