Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fixture fittings that automatically fill a vessel to a desired depth
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Application No.: US16786157Application Date: 2020-02-10
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Publication No.: US11702826B2Publication Date: 2023-07-18
- Inventor: Inho Song
- Applicant: FB Global Plumbing Group LLC
- Applicant Address: US OH North Olmsted
- Assignee: FORTUNE BRANDS WATER INNOVATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee: FORTUNE BRANDS WATER INNOVATIONS LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US OH North Olmsted
- Agency: Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
- Main IPC: E03C1/05
- IPC: E03C1/05 ; G01S17/04

Abstract:
The present application discloses electronic plumbing fixture fittings, such as electronic faucets, with a shaped and limited sensor detection zone. Exemplary embodiments include devices with a plurality of overlapping sensors and devices with a single time-of-flight (TOF) sensor capable of detecting the presence or absence of an object whether or not water is flowing out of a discharge outlet in the in a TOF detection zone.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200173152A1 ELECTRONIC PLUMBING FIXTURE FITTINGS WITH SHAPED AND LIMITED SENSOR DETECTION ZONES Public/Granted day:2020-06-04
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