Transverse handle assembly for a valve

US9816641B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Kohler Co. · US

Inventors

• Max Bock-Aronson · Minneapolis, US
• Murali Natarajan · Sheboygan, US
• Benjamin W. Marotz · Kohler, US
• Michael J. Strege · Plymouth, US
• Jeffrey A. Schumacher · Port Washington, US
• Joel T. Smith · Cedarburg, US
• Sharathkumar B. Badiger · Sheboygan, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 10, 2015
• Grant date: Nov 14, 2017
• Expiry date: Dec 10, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T137/6024
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A handle assembly configured to control water flow through a faucet valve. The handle assembly includes an output shaft rotatable about a first axis and configured to be operatively coupled to the valve; an input shaft rotatable about a second axis that is configured substantially transverse to the first axis, the input shaft configured to engage the output shaft to rotate the output shaft upon rotation of the input shaft; a handle coupled to the input shaft and configured to rotate the input shaft upon rotation of the handle about the second axis; and a saddle interconnecting the input shaft and the output shaft. The saddle includes a body having a channel that supports one of the input shaft and the output shaft, and a post extending away from the body and engaging an opening in the other of the input shaft and the output shaft.