Moen Incorporated

Fortune Brands Water Innovations LLC

Inho Song

Harshil R Parikh

Timothy J O'Brien

James G Sheek

Kurt Wallerstorfer

W Randall Tucker

Sanjeev S Moghe

Timothy A Frick

Terrence A Pagano

Kenneth E Evans

Daniel W Baker

Eric M Weber

Klaus Fink

Louise M Quigley

Jarek Grembowicz

Brenda L Trautman

Brian S Bubar

Joseph E Preston

Darrell K May

Jeffrey D Wilder

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.

Electronic plumbing fixture fittings with shaped and limited sensor detection zones

Fixture fittings that automatically fill a vessel to a desired depth

Systems and methods of providing a temperature controlled stream of fluid via a shower controller or faucet controller under challenging, low-flow conditions using a predictive controller.

Systems and methods of temperature control of downstream fluids using predictive algorithms

The present invention provides an electronic plumbing fixture fitting with a sensor mounted on an electronic board, such as an electronic faucet with a sensor mounted on an electronic board.

Electronic plumbing fixture fitting with sensor mounted on electronic board

The present invention provides an electronic plumbing fixture fitting, such as an electronic faucet.

Electronic plumbing fixture fitting

The present invention provides an electronic plumbing fixture fitting, such as an electronic faucet. The electronic plumbing fixture fitting includes a wand hose and a hose bracket. The hose bracket is operable to connect to a mounting shank and to the wand hose. The hose bracket is operable to position the wand hose between a mixed water outlet of a flow module and an inlet of the mounting shank such that a portion of the wand hose extends in a loop between the hose bracket and the inlet of the mounting shank. When installed, the hose bracket is in direct contact with the wand hose between the mixed water outlet of the flow module and the inlet of the mounting shank.

A new article of manufacture, for example a faucet or other article of hardware, has a specified decorative color, and is resistant to corrosion, abrasion and attack by chemicals. The article includes a substrate, one or more corrosion resistant layers applied to the substrate, a thin transition layer having a composition that varies systematically from a first composition to a second composition and in which the first composition has, at least in part, the function of corrosion protection, and in which the second composition determines the visible color or that portion of the substrate to which the transition layer is applied.

Corrosion and abrasion resistant decorative coating

A plumbing product is made by a dual phase casting process with a zinc-aluminum alloy having between 0.5%-4% or 6%-22% aluminum by weight. The alloy is shredded into chips and heated to liquid state, processed to a dual phase state and then injection molded to form the part. The part can be plated using conventional plating techniques.

Fabrication of zinc objects by dual phase casting

A new article of manufacture, for example a faucet or other article of hardware, has a specified decorative color, other than brass, and is resistant to corrosion, abrasion and attack by chemicals. The article includes a substrate, one or more corrosion resistant layers applied to the substrate, and an outer layer, applied by PVD, and chosen from only one or more of Zr, Hf, C and N. The outer layer provides the desired, other than brass, color of the article, the desired chemical and abrasion resistance, and which layer, when in contact with air or water becomes passive in a manner similar to chrome.

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Chesterland, OH, United States of America

Inho Song