Patents Assigned to Masco Corporation
  • Patent number: 8496028
    Abstract: A faucet including a faucet head, a body and a magnetic coupling releasably coupling the faucet head to the faucet body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Masco Corporation of Indiana
    Inventors: Alfred Charles Nelson, Christopher Michael McGuire
  • Publication number: 20130186482
    Abstract: A fluid delivery device includes a waterway assembly, a valve assembly, and a waterway adapter that fluidly couples the waterway assembly to the valve assembly. An illustrative waterway adapter may be constructed of a polymeric material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: MASCO CORPORATION OF INDIANA
    Inventor: MASCO CORPORATION OF INDIANA
  • Patent number: 8482409
    Abstract: An electronic faucet has controller is configured to selectively open and close a valve to provide fluid flow through the valve and a passageway of the faucet. The controller is programmed to monitor a maintenance condition of the electronic faucet and to selectively open and close the valve to generate a fluid flow pattern through the passageway to provide an indication to a user of an existing maintenance condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Masco Corporation of Indiana
    Inventor: Joel D Sawaski
  • Patent number: 8479772
    Abstract: A diverter valve receives fluid from an inlet port. A camshaft is rotated within a housing to slide a cam follower along an axis to regulate fluid flow to an outlet port when the camshaft is rotated. The housing provides an inlet port and first and second outlet ports. The camshaft includes a cam lobe that is offset relative to a rotational axis of the camshaft. The cam follower is supported on the cam lobe and is movable along a longitudinal axis to selectively block at least one of the first and second ports. In one embodiment, first and second cam followers are used to selectively block outlet ports that are arranged approximately 90 degrees from one another. The first and second cam followers move in first and second directions transverse to one another. In another embodiment, a single cam follower is used to regulate flow through two outlet ports that are arranged approximately 180 degrees from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Masco Corporation of Indiana
    Inventors: John E. Petrovic, Peter Dabrowski
  • Patent number: 8469056
    Abstract: A fluid delivery device including a valve body fluidly coupled to an electrically insulating waterway assembly. The waterway assembly may include a molded base, and a capacitive sensor may be electrically coupled to the valve body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Masco Corporation of Indiana
    Inventors: Garry Robin Marty, Kyle Robert Davidson, Steven Kyle Meehan, Darrell Scott Crowe
  • Patent number: 8464748
    Abstract: A coupler for a fluid delivery device is disclosed which couples a first waterway component and a second waterway component, the coupler being an overmold component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Masco Corporation of Indiana
    Inventor: Thomas Pinette
  • Publication number: 20130146160
    Abstract: An electronic user interface for use with a water delivery device, such as a faucet. The user interface illustratively includes a plurality of bonded layers thermally formed into a multi-dimensional shape. The layers may include a conductive layer, a graphics layer, and a protective layer. A structural support may be molded to a rear of the conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: MASCO CORPORATION OF INDIANA
    Inventor: Masco Corporation of Indiana
  • Patent number: D684666
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Masco Corporation of Indiana
    Inventor: Judd Lord
  • Patent number: D684670
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Masco Corporation of Indiana
    Inventors: Kate Hanus, Thad James Eads
  • Patent number: D685878
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Masco Corporation of Indiana
    Inventor: Seth Fritz
  • Patent number: D685883
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Masco Corporation of Indiana
    Inventor: Emilie Williams Romero
  • Patent number: D687126
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Masco Corporation of Indiana
    Inventors: Emilie Williams Romero, Anthony Spangler
  • Patent number: D685880
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Masco Corporation of Indiana
    Inventor: Seth Fritz
  • Patent number: D685881
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Masco Corporation of Indiana
    Inventor: Seth Fritz
  • Patent number: D685882
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Masco Corporation of Indiana
    Inventor: Celine Kwok Garland
  • Patent number: D686300
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Masco Corporation of Indiana
    Inventor: Seth Fritz
  • Patent number: D686301
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Masco Corporation of Indiana
    Inventor: Seth Fritz
  • Patent number: D686705
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Masco Corporation of Indiana
    Inventor: Seth Fritz
  • Patent number: D687127
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Masco Corporation of Indiana
    Inventor: Seth Fritz
  • Patent number: D687130
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Masco Corporation of Indiana
    Inventor: Celine Kwok Garland