ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,963, issued on June 17, was assigned to The Yokohama Rubber Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Automatic water faucet apparatus" was invented by Hiroshi Murayama (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatic water faucet apparatus includes a faucet, a detection unit, a hot water storage tank, a first ultraviolet irradiation unit, a display unit, and a control unit. The hot water storage tank heats water supplied to a water supply channel by using a heater, which is not illustrated, and stores hot water. The hot water storage tank is provided inside the faucet and heats water supplied to a second water supply channel. The first ultravi...