ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,199, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Kohler Mira Ltd. (Cheltenham, Great Britain).
"Valve device" was invented by Barry Hobbs (Cheltenham, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve device includes an inlet, an outlet connected to the inlet, a valve member having an open position in which fluid can pass from the inlet to the outlet, and a closed position in which fluid cannot pass from the inlet and the outlet, and an actuator. The actuator selectively actuates the valve member, and has an open actuator position and a closed actuator position. The valve has a first operating mode in which, over a whole of the range of op...