US Patent Issued to Kohler on Feb. 10 for "Composite faucet body and internal waterway" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,100, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Kohler Co. (Kohler, Wis.).

"Composite faucet body and internal waterway" was invented by Jeffrey A. Kohler (Richfield, Wis.), David J. Macon (Sheboygan, Wis.), Mark W. Schibur (Sheboygan, Wis.), Thomas Manoni (Port Washington, Wis.), Vindhya K. Tiwari (Sheboygan, Wis.) and Jeffrey A. Schumacher (Port Washington, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A faucet includes an internal waterway. The internal waterway is at least partially formed of a first material defined by a maximum temperature. The internal waterway includes a valve seat configured to receive water and a conduit coupled to the valve...