US 12,467,246 B2
Automatic sanitaryware assembly and systems
Karl Torres, Columbus, NJ (US); Claudia Marcela Jovel, Spring, TX (US); Ki Bok Song, Plainview, NY (US); Soonjae Kwon, Astoria, NY (US); Joseph John Ientile, Port Murray, NJ (US); and Stanimir Stoynov, Westfield, NJ (US)
Assigned to AS America, Inc., Piscataway, NJ (US)
Appl. No. 18/024,130
Filed by AS America, Inc., Piscataway, NJ (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 7, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/049298
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 1, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/055889, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 17, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/075,371, filed on Sep. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0272606 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. E03D 5/10 (2006.01)
CPC E03D 5/105 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flush valve assembly for an automatic sanitaryware assembly, the flush valve assembly comprising
an exposed flush valve;
a status sensor;
a presence sensor associated with a presence sensor lens;
an antenna associated with an antenna lens;
a manual override actuator; and
a controller,
wherein
the exposed flush valve comprises an upper housing and a lower housing,
the antenna lens is a cap coupled to and covering a top of the upper housing,
the upper housing contains the antenna, the presence sensor and associated presence sensor lens, the manual override actuator, and the controller,
the status sensor comprises one or more sensors selected from ultrasonic sensors and capacitive sensors,
the status sensor, the presence sensor, and the antenna are in wired electrical communication with the controller,
the status sensor is configured to be affixed to a sanitaryware assembly,
the status sensor is configured to transmit signals to the controller,
the controller is configured to analyze the signals and to determine a sanitaryware status based on the analysis, and
the antenna is configured to transmit the sanitaryware status to a network gateway.