ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,786, issued on May 27, was assigned to BEIJING KOHLER LTD. (Beijing).
"Sensing faucet assembly" was invented by Jiagao Huang (Beijing) and Peng Zhang (Beijing).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensing faucet assembly includes a body having an inlet, a first outlet, and a second outlet. The sensing faucet assembly includes a first passageway defined between the inlet and the first outlet and a second passageway defined between the inlet and the second outlet. A solenoid valve can control the opening and closing of the first passageway. A valve core can control the opening and closing of the second outlet."
The patent was filed on Apri...