Patents by Inventor Stephen Owen Gregory

Stephen Owen Gregory has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Touchless control of electronic water faucets
    Patent number: 9624655
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide touchless temperature and/or flow control for water faucets utilizing the movements of a user's hand toward or away from to a dispensing area of the faucet. One embodiment comprises a water faucet that provides touchless control of water dispensed by the water faucet. The water faucet comprises a controller and a spout head. The spout head includes a sensor electrically coupled to the controller that detects a movement of a user's hand toward or away from the spout head. The controller initiates dispensing of the water from the spout head at a pre-defined rate, and varies the flow rate based on the movement of the user's hand toward or away from the spout head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen Owen Gregory, James Louis Wolf
  • TOUCHLESS CONTROL OF ELECTRONIC WATER FAUCETS
    Publication number: 20160273197
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein provide touchless temperature and/or flow control for water faucets utilizing the movements of a user's hand toward or away from to a dispensing area of the faucet. One embodiment comprises a water faucet that provides touchless control of water dispensed by the water faucet. The water faucet comprises a controller and a spout head. The spout head includes a sensor electrically coupled to the controller that detects a movement of a user's hand toward or away from the spout head. The controller initiates dispensing of the water from the spout head at a pre-defined rate, and varies the flow rate based on the movement of the user's hand toward or away from the spout head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Stephen Owen Gregory, James Louis Wolf