ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,537, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to GROHEDAL SANITARSYSTEME GMBH (Porta Westfalica, Germany).

"Sanitary fitting comprising a plug unit" was invented by Jorg Moller (Porta Westfalica, Germany), Christian Koch (Porta Westfalica, Germany) and Sebastian Willeitner (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sanitary fitting (1) containing an outer housing (2) having a sensor (3), wherein the sensor (3) contains at least a first electrical connector (4), and an inner housing (5) to which a connector assembly (11) having at least one second electrical connector (6) is attached in a detachable manner, wherein the inner housing (5) can be dis...