ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,411, issued on July 15, was assigned to B/E AEROSPACE INC. (Winston Salem, N.C.).
"Automatic drain system" was invented by Jon Shearer (Hartville, Ohio), Eric Kaufman (Uniontown, Ohio) and Alexander V. Drum (Akron, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic drain system may comprise a drain including a neck defining a drain orifice and a flange extending from the neck. A liquid detection sensor is located on at least one of the neck or the flange. A sink assembly may comprise a sink basin and the drain located in a sink opening formed in the sink basin."
The patent was filed on Jan. 11, 2024, under Application No. 18/410,749....