US Patent Issued to ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential on Jan. 13 for "Autofill faucet and methods for the same" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,025, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential Inc. (New Haven, Conn.).

"Autofill faucet and methods for the same" was invented by Kevin Pasma (Lake Forest, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Autofill systems for faucets are configured to determine an interior height of a vessel that holds water and is positioned along a sensing axis of a distance sensor. The interior height of the vessel is based on a bottom surface and a top rim surface of the vessel measured concurrently by the distance sensor. The autofill system closes an electronic valve once a predetermined fill level within the vessel is reached to...