US Patent Issued to ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential on June 10 for "Electronic faucet with auto focus" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,987, issued on June 10, was assigned to ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential Inc. (New Haven, Conn.).

"Electronic faucet with auto focus" was invented by Andy Ejung Kim (Lake Forest, Calif.), Adam William Tracy (Irvine, Calif.) and Kevin Pasma (Lake Forest, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A faucet includes a faucet spout, a sensor assembly, a spray pattern controller, and a controller. The faucet body includes a faucet spout. The sensor assembly is configured to detect an object within a space proximate the faucet spout. The spray pattern controller is configured to adjust a spray pattern selected from a plurality of spray patterns ...