ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,401, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Guangdong Yawei Sanitary Ware Technology Co. Ltd. (Kaiping, China).
"Mixing valve" was invented by Zhonghui Xie (Guangdong, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mixing valve includes a balance assembly, and the balance valve assembly includes a hot water outlet and a cold water outlet. A plate assembly includes a first water limiting hole and a second water limiting hole, the valve adjusting assembly is rotatable with respect to the balance valve assembly to adjust an amount of fluid communicating between the water limiting hole and the water outlet to adjust a water temperature. A valve rod ...