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US 11,230,831 B2Granted
Power supply assembly for plumbing fixture
AssigneeSDB IP Holdings, LLC
InventorShawn D. Bush
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Abstract
A power supply assembly and method for a plumbing fixture includes a control circuit that controls operation of the plumbing fixture, and a wireless power receiving circuit coupled to the control circuit that wirelessly receives energy and provides the energy to the control circuit.
Claims20
A power supply assembly for a plumbing fixture, comprising:
- a control circuit configured to control operation of the plumbing fixture;
- and
- a wireless power receiving circuit coupled to the control circuit, the wireless power receiving circuit configured to wirelessly receive energy and provide the energy to the control circuit.
A method for supplying power to a plumbing fixture, comprising:
- controlling, by a control circuit, operation of the plumbing fixture;
- wirelessly receiving, by a wireless power receiving circuit, energy from a wireless power transmitting circuit, wherein the wireless power receiving circuit is coupled to the control circuit;
- and
- providing, by the wireless power receiving circuit, the energy to the control circuit,
- wherein the wireless power receiving circuit includes a battery configured to store the energy, the method further comprising:
- depending on a degree of a charge status of the battery:
- (i) providing, by the wireless power receiving circuit, power to the control circuit with the energy;
- (ii) charging, by the wireless power receiving circuit, the battery with the energy;
- or
- performing, by the wireless power receiving circuit, a combination of (i) and (ii).
7 more elements
A flush valve, comprising:
- a valve body comprising a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, and a main valve element configured to transition between a closed position, in which the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet are in fluid isolation, and an open position, in which the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet are in fluid communication;
- a control circuit configured to control the main valve element to transition between the closed position and the open position;
- and
- a wireless power receiving circuit coupled to the control circuit, the wireless power receiving circuit configured to receive energy wirelessly from a wireless power transmitting circuit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.