ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,031, issued on July 1, was assigned to NEOPERL AG (Reinach, Switzerland).
"Switching-type water saving valve" was invented by Chih-Hung Kao (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Chin-Yuan Hsiao (New Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switchable water-saving valve including a water inlet substrate formed as an annular body which has a housing and a water inlet portion. The water inlet portion is fixedly arranged within the housing and has a water inlet and a water outlet extending therethrough. A flow channel substrate is fixedly arranged within the housing below the water inlet portion. Guide holes are formed circumferentially at inte...