ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,421, issued on April 14, was assigned to XIAMEN R&T PLUMBING TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Xiamen, China).
"Connecting rod drive mechanism for water discharge valve and water discharge valve having said mechanism" was invented by Zhizhong Wang (Xiamen, China), Jiawang Bai (Xiamen, China), Qicheng Hong (Xiamen, China), Xingdong Wang (Xiamen, China) and Hongwen Zhou (Xiamen, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connecting rod drive mechanism for a water discharge valve, comprises a base, a first stage connecting rod, and a last stage connecting rod, the first stage connecting rod and the last stage connecting rod are movably arranged on the ...