ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,239, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Neoperl GmbH (Mullheim, Germany).
"Flow regulator" was invented by Alexander Stein (Ihringen, Germany), Gerhard Blum (Gutach, Germany) and Oliver Denzler (Bottmingen, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A jet regulator (104) that has a jet regulator housing (1) which on the housing external circumference thereof has an external thread (2) for screw-fitting into an internal thread (3) in the water outlet (4) of a sanitary outlet fitting. The jet regulator (104) includes a housing part-region of the jet regulator housing (1) that is disposed on the outflow side of the external thread (2) i...