ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,649, issued on April 7, was assigned to Kohler Co. (Kohler, Wis.).
"Fluidics devices for plumbing fixtures" was invented by Clayton C. Garrels (Kohler, Wis.), William C. Kuru (Plymouth, Wis.), William Kalk (Sheboygan, Wis.), Randal S. Graskamp (Sheboygan, Wis.) and Jason Kwacz (Kohler, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shower head includes a water input pipe, a fluidic oscillator, and at least one water outlet. The water input pipe is configured to supply a flow of water. The fluidic oscillator includes at least one predetermined geometry to control the flow of water ejected from the fluidic oscillator to include a repeating fan ...