公开(公告)号：US11904329B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-20

申请号：US17220650

申请日：2021-04-01

Applicant: Kohler Co.

Inventor： Pete Kajuch ,  Joseph Valenti

IPC: B05B1/18 ,  F21V33/00 ,  B05B1/16

CPC classification number: B05B1/185 ,  B05B1/16 ,  F21V33/004

Abstract: A showerhead assembly that includes a showerhead housing, a distributor, and a valve layer. The showerhead housing includes a top plate, a bottom plate, and a plurality of sidewalls extending between the top plate and the bottom plate, where the top plate includes a fluid inlet configured to couple to a fluid source. The distributor includes at least one distributor outlet, and is situated in the showerhead housing. The valve layer includes at least one valve assembly, and is situated in the showerhead housing. The at least one valve assembly is coupled to the bottom plate. The at least one channel of the distributor is further configured to disperse fluid from the fluid inlet to the at least one distributor outlet, and the at least one distributor outlet is coupled to, and configured to disperse fluid to, the at least one valve assembly of the valve layer.

公开(公告)号：US20240052955A1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-15

申请号：US18353847

申请日：2023-07-17

Applicant: Kohler Co.

Inventor： Chanseol Chung ,  Linghua Chen

IPC: F16L9/22 ,  F16L27/08 ,  F16L37/00 ,  E03C1/04

CPC classification number: F16L9/22 ,  F16L27/0849 ,  F16L37/004 ,  E03C1/0404 ,  E03C2001/0414

Abstract: A faucet includes a base and a spout. The base is configured to be coupled to a mounting surface. The spout is rotatably coupled to the base. The spout includes a plurality of magnetic joints each including a different number of magnetic members, and a plurality of conduits rotatably coupled to each other by a magnetic joint of the plurality of magnetic joints. The spout extends from the base to a free end configured to discharge a fluid. The plurality of magnetic joints are arranged such that the number of magnetic members on each magnetic joint progressively increases from the free end to the base.

公开(公告)号：USD1013831S1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-06

申请号：US29755950

申请日：2020-10-23

Applicant: KOHLER CO

Designer： Margaret C. Mazz

Abstract: FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the claimed design;
FIG. 2 is a top view of the claimed design shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the claimed design shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a side view of the claimed design shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is another side view of the claimed design shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 6 is a front view of the claimed design shown in FIG. 1; and,
FIG. 7 is a rear view of the claimed design shown in FIG. 1.
The ornamental design that is claimed is shown in the drawings as solid lines and surfaces having surface shading. The broken lines in the drawings are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design. For example, broken lines formed by equal length dashes show unclaimed portions of the design. Broken lines formed of unequal length dashes (i.e., dash-dot) show boundaries between either claimed and unclaimed portions of the design or between unclaimed and unclaimed portions of the design.

公开(公告)号：US11892811B2

公开(公告)日：2024-02-06

申请号：US17667305

申请日：2022-02-08

Applicant: Kohler Co.

Inventor： Rafael Rexach ,  Nona Beining ,  Alyssa Wilterdink ,  Shawn Booth ,  Thomas E. Lilly ,  Doug Diemel, Jr. ,  Leslie Petch

IPC: G01N33/18 ,  G05B19/042 ,  H04R3/00 ,  G06F3/16 ,  H04R5/04 ,  A47K17/00 ,  G06F1/3287 ,  G06F1/3231 ,  H04R5/027 ,  G06F3/01 ,  H04R3/04 ,  C02F1/00 ,  C02F1/50 ,  C02F1/68 ,  G01N35/00 ,  H04R1/40 ,  G10L21/0208

CPC classification number: G05B19/042 ,  A47K17/00 ,  C02F1/001 ,  C02F1/50 ,  C02F1/685 ,  G01N33/1826 ,  G01N35/00871 ,  G06F1/3231 ,  G06F1/3287 ,  G06F3/017 ,  G06F3/167 ,  H04R3/005 ,  H04R3/04 ,  H04R5/027 ,  H04R5/04 ,  C02F2209/006 ,  C02F2209/008 ,  C02F2307/06 ,  G01N2035/009 ,  G01N2035/00881 ,  G05B2219/23027 ,  G05B2219/23462 ,  G10L21/0208 ,  H04R1/406 ,  H04R2227/005

Abstract: An apparatus for aggregation of water condition at household appliances comprises a communication interface and a controller. The communication interface is configured to send a reporting message indicative of data collected by at least one appliance to a central server. The controller is configured to receive an analysis message from the central server. The analysis message indicates a condition of water from the at least one appliance or a condition of water in a geographic area associated with the at least one appliance. The controller is configured to provide an alert in response to the analysis message.

公开(公告)号：US11885434B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-30

申请号：US18178096

申请日：2023-03-03

Applicant: Kohler Co.

Inventor： Brian J. Mooren ,  Andrew J. Rieth

IPC: F16K31/60 ,  B25G3/18 ,  B25G3/12 ,  E03C1/04

CPC classification number: F16K31/60 ,  B25G3/12 ,  B25G3/18 ,  E03C1/0412 ,  F16K31/607

Abstract: A process includes placing a nut around a valve cartridge, the valve cartridge comprising a valve stem. The process also includes aligning the valve stem with an engagement crown of a handle. The process also includes pressing the handle towards the nut after placing the nut around the valve cartridge and aligning the valve stem with the engagement crown, such that the valve stem is rotatably coupled to the handle through the engagement crown.

公开(公告)号：US20240026832A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-25

申请号：US18480938

申请日：2023-10-04

Applicant: Kohler Co.

Inventor： Andrew J. SUGDEN

IPC: F02D9/10 ,  F02D11/04

CPC classification number: F02D9/1065 ,  F02D9/107 ,  F02D11/04 ,  F02D2009/0261

Abstract: An engine having a linkage assembly, the linkage assembly having a governor lever, a governor shaft, and a throttle link. The governor lever couples the governor shaft to the throttle link. The governor lever is configured to adjust the relative position between the throttle link and the governor shaft. The governor lever has a primary arm and a secondary arm, the primary arm being movable with respect to the secondary arm. The primary arm and secondary arm are secured via a fastener which prevents relative motion between the primary and secondary arms.

公开(公告)号：USD1012253S1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-23

申请号：US29878538

申请日：2023-06-23

Applicant: Kohler Co.

Designer： Adam M. Moller ,  Erich D. Slothower ,  Thomas E. Lilly

Abstract: FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the claimed design;
FIG. 2 is another perspective view of the claimed design of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a front view of the embodiment claimed design of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a rear view of the claimed design of FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is a side view of the claimed design of FIG. 1;
FIG. 6 is another side view of the claimed design of FIG. 1;
FIG. 7 is a top view of the claimed design of FIG. 1; and,
FIG. 8 is a bottom view of the embodiment of FIG. 1.
The ornamental design that is claimed is shown in the drawings as solid lines and surfaces having surface shading. The broken lines in the drawings are for illustrative purposes only and form no part of the claimed design. For example, broken lines formed by equal length dashes show unclaimed portions of the design.

公开(公告)号：US11879240B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-23

申请号：US18068243

申请日：2022-12-19

Applicant: Kohler Co.

Inventor： Hiroyuki Chanseol Muraoka

IPC: E03C1/06 ,  B05B1/18 ,  E03C1/05 ,  A47K3/28

CPC classification number: E03C1/066 ,  A47K3/281 ,  B05B1/18 ,  E03C1/055

Abstract: A shower system includes a sprayer removably coupled to a receiver that is in moving engagement with a track. The shower system includes a control system operably coupled with the receiver. The control system can change a height of the receiver along the track.

公开(公告)号：US20240019047A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-18

申请号：US18473732

申请日：2023-09-25

Applicant: Kohler Co.

Inventor： Chad J. Cochart ,  Douglas J. Brouwer

IPC: F16K47/02 ,  E03C1/02 ,  F16L55/04 ,  E03C1/122

CPC classification number: F16K47/02 ,  E03C1/02 ,  E03C1/025 ,  F16L55/043 ,  E03C1/1222 ,  F16K47/023 ,  E03C2201/60 ,  Y10T137/3118 ,  E03C2001/1206

Abstract: A shower system includes a shower waterway and a fluid control valve. The shower waterway is configured to be coupled to a shower device. The fluid control valve is coupled to the shower waterway and comprises a valve body and a piston. The valve body includes a chamber and a reservoir. The piston is slidably coupled to the valve body and fluidly separates the chamber from the reservoir. The chamber includes a compressible gas. The piston is configured to slidably translate within the valve body to compress the compressible gas in response to a water pressure fluctuation in the shower waterway.

公开(公告)号：US20240016345A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-18

申请号：US18340385

申请日：2023-06-23

Applicant: KOHLER CO

Inventor： Kenneth L. STOUT

IPC: A47K3/40

CPC classification number: A47K3/40

Abstract: A shower dam assembly for mitigating water egress from a shower receptor includes a shower dam base and a shower dam. The shower dam base is coupled to a shower receptor and includes a groove extending along at least a portion of the shower dam base. The shower dam includes a shower dam insert and a flexing portion. The shower dam insert is configured to be received within the groove to removably couple the shower dam to the shower dam base. The flexing portion extends from the shower dam insert and is configured to flex between a normal position in which the flexing portion extends at least partially upward from the shower dam insert and a flexed position in which the flexing portion extends from the shower dam insert at an angle relative to the normal position.