US Patent Issued to Kohler Mira on March 17 for "Diverter valve assembly" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,026, issued on March 17, was assigned to Kohler Mira Ltd. (Cheltenham, Great Britain).

"Diverter valve assembly" was invented by James Scott (Cheltenham, Great Britain) and James Bourne (Cheltenham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A diverter valve assembly is provided, including a diverter valve chamber, an inlet to the diverter valve chamber, a first outlet, a second outlet, a first fluid flow path from the inlet to the first outlet, a second fluid flow path from the inlet to the second outlet, a diverter valve member, and a motor coupled to the diverter valve member. The motor drives movement of the diverter valve mem...