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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2017
Applicant:
Moen Incorporated, North Olmsted, OH (US);
Inventor:
Inho Song, Chesterland, OH (US);
Assignee:
MOEN INCORPORATED, North Olmsted, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E03C 1/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E03C 1/057 (2013.01);
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.