| Moen Incorporated Patent applications |
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| 20120025122 | VALVE CARTRIDGE WITH LOBULAR KEY - A one-handle valve cartridge has one or more lobular keys formed on a housing of the valve cartridge. The lobular keys interface with keyways formed in a valve body. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20100155505 | FAUCET - A faucet includes a spout body formed by joining an upper body and a lower body to one another. A one-piece spout tube is secured to the upper body. For example, only a cartridge seat and an aerator of the faucet are used to hold the spout tube in the upper body. Water supply hoses connected to the cartridge seat bring hot and/or cold water from a water supply source to a valve cartridge interfaced with the cartridge seat. The water flows from the water supply source, through the water supply hoses, the cartridge seat, the valve cartridge, and the spout tube, and out the spout body through the aerator. The valve cartridge allows a user to control a flow rate and/or temperature of the water delivered through the spout tube and out the spout body. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100127202 | VALVE BODY - A hybrid valve body is a multi-piece valve body formed of a brass component and a first non-brass component. The brass component and the first non-brass component are held together by a second non-brass component, such that the brass component and the first and second non-brass components need not be screwed together or otherwise fastened or moved against one another in a manner which could contribute to corrosion. The hybrid valve body realizes a substantial reduction in the amount of brass that would otherwise be used to form the valve body. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20090032128 | VALVE CARTRIDGE WITH ISOLATED FRICTION AND CARTRIDGE LOADS - A one-handle valve cartridge includes a spring that isolates frictional forces between dynamic sealing elements in the valve cartridge and loads applied to the valve cartridge and transmitted to the dynamic sealing elements from an actuating mechanism of the valve cartridge. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090026402 | VALVE CARTRIDGE INSENSITIVE TO INSTALLATION LOAD - A one-handle valve cartridge includes an actuating mechanism, wherein an amount of force required to operate the actuating mechanism is insensitive to a load applied to the valve cartridge during installation of the valve cartridge in a valve body. Accordingly, the valve cartridge can operate over a wide range of installation loads and can be properly installed without using a specialized tool or mechanism. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090026343 | SYSTEM FOR MOUNTING FRAME - A system for mounting a frame (e.g., a mirror frame) allows the frame to be easily installed, securely mounted and readily replaced without damaging the mounting surface (e.g., the surrounding wall or mirror) or the frame. No tools are required to mount or unmount the frame. The mounting hardware is concealed within the frame. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090025808 | VALVE CARTRIDGE WITH LOW POINT OF CONTACT FOR INSTALLATION - A one-handle valve cartridge has a low point of contact for installing the valve cartridge in a valve body. A retention nut bears down on the low point of contact to secure the valve cartridge in the valve body. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090025800 | VALVE CARTRIDGE WITH LOBULAR KEY - A one-handle valve cartridge has one or more lobular keys formed on a housing of the valve cartridge. The lobular keys interface with keyways formed in a valve body. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20080318071 | METALLIC COATING ON SUBSTRATE - Methods of applying metallic coatings to non-metallic, non-conductive, chemically active, corrosion-susceptible or otherwise uncoatable substrates are provided, wherein the metallic coatings strongly adhere to the substrates. First, an intermediate coating is applied on the substrate. Then, the intermediate coating is treated. A metallic coating is subsequently applied on the treated intermediate coating. | 12-25-2008 |
