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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2021
As America, Inc., Piscataway, NJ (US);
Karl Torres, Columbus, NJ (US);
Claudia Marcela Jovel, Spring, TX (US);
Ki Bok Song, Plainview, NY (US);
Soonjae Kwon, Astoria, NY (US);
Joseph John Ientile, Port Murray, NJ (US);
Stanimir Stoynov, Westfield, NJ (US);
AS America, Inc., Piscataway, NJ (US);
Abstract
A flush valve assembly for an automatic sanitaryware assembly, comprising a flush valve; a status sensor; a presence sensor associated with a presence sensor lens; an antenna associated with an antenna lens; a manual override actuator; and a controller. A status sensor may comprise an ultrasonic sensor or a capacitive sensor and is configured to be affixed to a sanitaryware assembly. The status sensor is configured to communicate with the controller, the controller is configured to determine a sanitaryware status, and the antenna is configured to transmit the sanitaryware status to a network gateway.