Patents Assigned to Kohler Mira Limited
  • Patent number: 10041234
    Abstract: A mixing valve having a housing and first and second flow control valves. The housing has a mixing chamber, a first outlet, and a second outlet. The first flow control valve controls fluid flow through the first outlet to the mixing chamber, and the second flow control valve controls fluid flow through the second outlet to the mixing chamber. The first and second outlets each have a size so that the mixing valve has a flow coefficient of approximately 2.5 in a mid-open position of both flow control valves, and the housing has a length dimension, a width dimension, and a thickness dimension, and the largest of these dimensions is no more than approximately 65 millimeters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: KOHLER MIRA LIMITED
    Inventor: Kevin T. Peel
  • Patent number: 10000914
    Abstract: A shower head having a stem, a spray head coupled to the stem and including a plurality of outlets for discharging water into at least one spray pattern, and a mixing valve located within the stem. The mixing valve has a housing having a first inlet, a second inlet and an outlet; a first flow control valve for controlling the flow of a first fluid from the first inlet to the outlet; and a second flow control valve for controlling the flow of a second fluid from the second inlet to the outlet. The shower head also has a touchscreen user interface located on a surface of the shower head, wherein the touchscreen user interface allows a user to control at least one of a temperature or a flow rate of fluid from the outlet to the spray head by controlling the first and second flow control valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: KOHLER MIRA LIMITED
    Inventor: Kevin T. Peel
  • Patent number: 9957700
    Abstract: A faucet that includes a base, a spout, a valve body, a first flow control valve, a second flow control valve, and an electric heater. The valve body includes a first end section, a second end section having an outlet, and a center section provided between the end sections and including first and second inlets configured to receive cold and hot water, respectively. The first flow control valve is located within a first waterway of the valve body to control the flow of cold water, and the second flow control valve is located within a second waterway of the valve body to control the flow of hot water. The electric heater extends through the valve body and is configured to heat a surface defining at least a part of one of the first and second waterways of the valve body to an elevated temperature sufficient to kill organisms therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: KOHLER MIRA LIMITED
    Inventor: Kevin T. Peel
  • Patent number: 9957699
    Abstract: A shower head that includes a stem, a spray head coupled to the stem and including a plurality of outlets for discharging water into at least one spray pattern, and a valve provided within one of the stem and the spray head. The valve has a body including a waterway located therein for water to flow through, and a flow control valve located within the body and configured to control the flow of water to the plurality of outlets. The shower head also includes an electric heater extending through at least a portion of the body of the valve and configured to heat at least a portion of the body to an elevated temperature sufficient to kill organisms within the waterway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: KOHLER MIRA LIMITED
    Inventor: Kevin T. Peel
  • Patent number: 9945103
    Abstract: A control system includes a water delivery device and a communications bridge. The water delivery device includes a mixing valve, a controller configured to control the mixing valve, and a first optical communications interface coupled to the controller. The communications bridge includes a second optical communications interface and a separate data communications interface. The communications bridge is configured to exchange information with the water delivery device using optical communications via the first and second optical communications interfaces, and to exchange information with a user device using electronic data communications between the user via and the data communications interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: KOHLER MIRA LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher Ian Thompson, Xiangzhen Zhu
  • Patent number: 9920507
    Abstract: A valve including a housing having a first inlet chamber defined by a first chamber wall and configured to receive the cold water, a second inlet chamber defined by a second chamber wall and configured to receive the hot water, and a mixing chamber configured to receive the cold water from the first inlet chamber and the hot water from the second inlet chamber, wherein at least a portion of the mixing chamber is located between the first and second chamber walls; a first flow control valve extending through the first inlet chamber and moveable relative to the housing for controlling the flow of cold water from the first inlet chamber to the mixing chamber; and a second flow control valve extending through the second inlet chamber and moveable relative to the housing for controlling the flow of hot water from the second inlet chamber to the mixing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: KOHLER MIRA LIMITED
    Inventor: Kevin T. Peel
  • Patent number: 9909288
    Abstract: A showerhead that is configured to receive a supply of cold water and a supply of hot water. The showerhead includes a body, a mixing valve within the body that includes a first actuator within the mixing valve for controlling a first flow control valve within the mixing valve and a second actuator within the mixing valve for controlling a second flow control valve within the mixing valve, and a controller on or within the body that is configured to send a control signal to control actuation of the first actuator and the second actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: KOHLER MIRA LIMITED
    Inventor: Kevin T. Peel
  • Patent number: D806839
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: KOHLER MIRA LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Karl Stevenson, Alexander Muspratt-Williams
  • Patent number: D806840
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: KOHLER MIRA LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Karl Stevenson, Alexander Muspratt-Williams
  • Patent number: D806841
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: KOHLER MIRA LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Karl Stevenson, Alexander Muspratt-Williams
  • Patent number: D809111
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: KOHLER MIRA LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert K. Stevenson, Alexander M. Muspratt-Williams, Mimi Jiang
  • Patent number: D820960
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: KOHLER MIRA LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Karl Stevenson, Simon Mark Bickerstaffe, Keith John Thompson, Matthew Eric Batchelor, Nicholas G. Paget
  • Patent number: D822183
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: KOHLER MIRA LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Karl Stevenson, Alexander Muspratt-Williams, Mathias Hahn
  • Patent number: D823998
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: KOHLER MIRA LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Karl Stevenson, Alexander Muspratt-Williams
  • Patent number: D823999
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: KOHLER MIRA LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Karl Stevenson, Alexander Muspratt Williams
  • Patent number: D824000
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: KOHLER MIRA LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Karl Stevenson, Alexander Muspratt Williams
  • Patent number: D824001
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: KOHLER MIRA LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Karl Stevenson, Alexander Muspratt Williams
  • Patent number: D824002
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: KOHLER MIRA LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Karl Stevenson, Alexander Muspratt Williams
  • Patent number: D824003
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: KOHLER MIRA LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Karl Stevenson, Alexander Muspratt-Williams
  • Patent number: D824004
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: KOHLER MIRA LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Karl Stevenson, Alexander Muspratt-Williams