US Patent Issued to AS America on June 2 for "Faucet with gear linkage mechanism" (American, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,539, issued on June 2, was assigned to AS America Inc. (Piscataway, N.J.).

"Faucet with gear linkage mechanism" was invented by Xiaojing Ye (Edison, N.J.) and Weijian Zhang (Guangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is a dual control faucet system comprising: a cold water control system housed within a cold water control and comprising a first bevel gear; a hot water control system housed within a hot water control and comprising a second bevel gear; and a faucet body; wherein the cold water control system is connected to a cold water spindle via a pair of bevel gears and the hot water control system is connected...