Patents Assigned to LIXIL Corporation
  • Publication number: 20240153622
    Abstract: In a management apparatus, an information acquirer acquires information from at least one of lavatory equipment and a sensor installed in a lavatory space. A necessity calculator calculates a work necessity indicating a degree of necessity of work on the lavatory equipment. A generator generates list information for displaying a list of sets of the lavatory equipment and the work necessity for the lavatory equipment. A transmitter transmits the list information to an external terminal device used by a person in charge of the work for the lavatory equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Shoji OGAWA, Hiroki Shigetomo, Toshiki Hashida
  • Publication number: 20240152839
    Abstract: In a management apparatus, an information acquirer acquires information from at least one of lavatory equipment and a sensor installed in a lavatory space. A work necessity determination unit determines, based on the acquired information, the lavatory equipment that requires work including cleaning and at least one of replenishment of a consumable and removal of an abnormality. A priority calculator calculates a priority of the work for the lavatory equipment determined to require the work based on the acquired information. An output unit outputs the calculated priority.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Shoji Ogawa, Hiroki Shigetomo, Toshiki Hashida
  • Publication number: 20240109041
    Abstract: The invention provides a semipermeable composite membrane that reduces an environmental load, and a method of producing the semipermeable composite membrane. A semipermeable composite membrane 100 includes, on a porous support 102, a semipermeable membrane 104 containing a crosslinked polyamide 120 and a cellulose nanofiber 110. A method of producing the semipermeable composite membrane includes obtaining a mixed solution containing the cellulose nanofiber 110, water, and an amine component, and obtaining the semipermeable composite membrane 100 by making the mixed solution be in contact with the porous support 102, thereafter, causing a cross-linking reaction of the amine component in the mixed solution, with the amine component adhering to the porous support 102.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicants: SHINSHU UNIVERSITY, LIXIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Morinobu ENDO, Toru Noguchi, Hiroyuki Yamada
  • Publication number: 20240093474
    Abstract: A toilet management system includes a toilet bowl device installed in a toilet room, a management device configured to manage a use situation of the toilet bowl device, and a communication device configured to transmit use situation information related to the use situation of the toilet bowl device to the management device. The management device includes an acquirer configured to acquire the use situation information from the communication device, and an abnormality detector configured to detect an abnormality of the toilet bowl device or a facility or equipment installed inside or around the toilet room when the use situation information acquired by the acquirer matches a predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto SARUTA, Shoji Ogawa, Hiroki Shigetomo, Hideyuki Ida, Rina Nagai, Keita Matsudate, Misaki Nagata, Sadaaki Shichino, Toshiki Hashida
  • Publication number: 20240067579
    Abstract: Provided is a surface treatment agent capable of imparting superior antifouling property as well as good and durable hydrophilicity to an inorganic substrate. The surface treatment agent is one comprising a pretreatment agent and a hydrophilizing treatment agent and being to be sequentially applied to an inorganic substrate, wherein the pretreatment agent comprises a silane compound having a reactive silyl group and an organic functional group and a polyfunctional monomer, and the polyfunctional monomer has one or more first reactive groups that react with the organic functional group and one or more second reactive groups that react with the hydrophilizing treatment agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: LIXIL Corporation, NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihito OKUMURA, Yusuke NAKASHIMA, Kazuki YOSHIOKA, Takahito NAKASE, Yusuke SATO, Yugo TAKEMOTO, Kiyoe MAEJIMA
  • Patent number: 11866923
    Abstract: A toilet management system includes a toilet bowl device installed in a toilet room, a management device configured to manage a use situation of the toilet bowl device, and a communication device configured to transmit use situation information related to the use situation of the toilet bowl device to the management device. The management device includes an acquirer configured to acquire the use situation information from the communication device, and an abnormality detector configured to detect an abnormality of the toilet bowl device or a facility or equipment installed inside or around the toilet room when the use situation information acquired by the acquirer matches a predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Saruta, Shoji Ogawa, Hiroki Shigetomo, Hideyuki Ida, Rina Nagai, Keita Matsudate, Misaki Nagata, Sadaaki Shichino, Toshiki Hashida
  • Patent number: 11834894
    Abstract: A glass panel support structure supports multi-glazed glass of which a circumferential edge part is bonded to a frame that frames all sides. The glass panel support structure includes a first structural sealant that bonds an indoor-side glass plate of the multi-glazed glass and the frame over an entire circumference, and a spacer provided between glass plates of the multi-glazed glass over the entire circumference. Along a first direction perpendicular to an indoor and outdoor direction of the multi-glazed glass, a position of an inner circumferential surface of the spacer is identical with a position of an inner circumferential surface of the first structural sealant or is located on outer circumferential side with respect to position of the inner circumferential surface of the first structural sealant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventor: Hisashi Ishii
  • Publication number: 20230332386
    Abstract: Provided is a water conveyance implement that can have an excellent outer appearance, without molding a cover portion. A water conveyance implement includes a main body portion in which a water passage for hot/cold water is formed. Pressure higher than supply pressure of the hot/cold water to the water passage during flow acts on the water passage, the main body portion is formed by engineering plastic, and a plated portion is formed on an outer surface of the main body portion itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventor: Fumiyasu ISHIGURO
  • Patent number: 11767577
    Abstract: Copper alloy, the elements of which have the following mass fractions: 46% to 53.5% copper (Cu); 0% to 1.0% aluminum (Al); 0% to 1.40% lead (Pb); 0% to 0.2% iron (Fe); 0% to 0.4% tin (Sn); 0% to 0.0002% boron (B); 0% to 0.2% arsenic (As); and remainder zinc (Zn). In addition, a use of a corresponding copper alloy for an additive manufacturing process, a sanitary fitting (1) with a corresponding copper alloy, and a method for producing a sanitary fitting (1) from a corresponding copper alloy are proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventor: Carsten Romanowski
  • Publication number: 20230184006
    Abstract: This cylinder lock is a cylinder lock which can lock and unlock a mortise lock via a displacement transmission member. The cylinder lock comprises: a cylinder lock body; a key insertion part which is provided on one end side of the cylinder lock body and into which a key is inserted; and a displacement transmission member mounting part which is provided on the other end side of the cylinder lock body and on which the displacement transmission member can be mounted. A plurality of displacement transmission members corresponding to each of case locks having a plurality of specifications can be removably mounted on the displacement transmission member mounting part. Thus, cylinder locks having the same specification can be applied to case locks having a variety of specifications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi MITSUHASHI
  • Patent number: 11655623
    Abstract: The present disclosure is intended to provide a nozzle for a sanitary cleaning device, the nozzle being configured such that the positioning of a channel-forming member can be easily performed in an axial direction of a nozzle cover. The nozzle is for used for a sanitary cleaning device, and includes: a nozzle cover made of ceramic and having a nozzle cover-side water ejection opening; a distal-side channel-forming component disposed in the nozzle cover and having a channel-side water ejection opening which communicates with the nozzle cover-side water ejection opening; and a rear-side channel-forming components connected to a rear portion of the distal-side channel-forming component in an axial direction of the nozzle cover, and capable of being adjusted in position in the axial direction of the nozzle cover with respect to the distal-side channel-forming component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventor: Hideki Tamura
  • Patent number: 11649619
    Abstract: A faucet device includes a hot water/water mixing valve, a water purification cartridge, a primary side flow path that supplies water to the hot water/water mixing valve and the water purification cartridge, and a secondary side flow path that discharges mixed water flowing out from the hot water/water mixing valve and purified water flowing out from the water purification cartridge to a water discharge port. The primary side flow path and the secondary side flow path are disposed between the hot water/water mixing valve and the water purification cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromi Awada, Ryosuke Yoshitani
  • Publication number: 20230146496
    Abstract: Provided is a mobile toilet that can be used well. A mobile toilet includes a trailer, a toilet bowl disposed in a cargo box of the trailer, a drain tank disposed in the cargo box and storing sewage discharged from the toilet bowl, a drain passage communicating between the toilet bowl and the drain tank, and a second conveyance device provided in the middle of the drain passage. The toilet bowl has a drain trap communicating with an upstream end of the drain passage, and the drain passage passes a position higher than a sealing water level of the drain trap, and has a spout space provided in a position higher than the sealing water level of the drain trap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuyuki TAKEUCHI, Katsuhisa FUKUMOTO, Hiroaki WATANABE, Michitarou MAKI, Yasuhiro SHIRAI
  • Publication number: 20230113284
    Abstract: Provided is a hydrophilic treatment coating composition which imparts a soil guard property and is superior in durability of soil guard performance. Provided is a hydrophilic treatment coating composition for an inorganic substrate surface-treated with a silane coupling agent (S), comprising a hydrophilic compound (A) and a hydrophilic compound (B), wherein the hydrophilic compound (A) is a compound having at least one of a sulfonic acid group and an alkali metal salt of a sulfonic acid group, and the hydrophilic compound (B) is a compound having a quaternary ammonium cationic group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicants: LIXIL Corporation, NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihito OKUMURA, Yusuke NAKASHIMA, Kazuki YOSHIOKA, Takahito NAKASE, Yusuke SATO, Hirotsugu MANO, Yugo TAKEMOTO, Kiyoe MAEJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230103465
    Abstract: Provided is a means for imparting hydrophilicity to a surface of a sanitary facility by means other than hydrophilic particles. A sanitary facility having a hydrophilized organic surface, wherein the hydrophilized organic surface has at least an organic cationic group, and a zeta potential at pH=7 of the hydrophilized organic surface is more than ?40 mV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicants: LIXIL Corporation, NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke NAKASHIMA, Takahito NAKASE, Yusuke SATO, Yugo TAKEMOTO, Kiyoe MAEJIMA
  • Publication number: 20230073555
    Abstract: A management system includes: a detection device including a main body that has a shape installable to a discharge port, electrodes that are provided in the main body and are detectors detecting a liquid, and a communication device that functions as a transmitter transmitting information regarding a detection result obtained by the detector; and an estimation device including a receiver that receives the information transmitted from the transmitter, and an estimator that estimates a discharge state of the liquid from the discharge port based on the information received by the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki TERABE, Atsushi SHOJI, Mitsuhiko TSUBOTA, Sadaaki SHICHINO
  • Patent number: 11596281
    Abstract: A toilet device includes a toilet body that has a toilet bowl, a toilet seat that is attached to the toilet body and has a bowl facing surface facing an inner surface of the toilet bowl in the up-and-down direction and provided on a back surface thereof, a discharge part that can discharge a cleaning liquid so that the cleaning liquid runs along a bowl facing surface, and a guide that can guide a part of the cleaning liquid so that the cleaning liquid runs along an inner peripheral side portion of the bowl facing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Tamura, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Shinichi Gomita, Kojiro Watari, Keisuke Sakakibara
  • Publication number: 20230058075
    Abstract: To improve a performance for removing soluble lead and finely particulate lead. A molded adsorbent (1) includes an adsorption material (3) and a fibrous binder (5). The adsorption material (3) contains activated carbon (3A) and zeolite (3B). A central particle size D50 of the activated carbon (3A) is 27 ?m or more and 35 ?m or less, a central particle size D50 of the zeolite (3B) is 24 ?m or more and 31 ?m or less, and a content rate of the zeolite (3B) is 10 mass % or more and 70.5 mass % or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi HIRATA, Naoya TAMURA, Kazuichi OHASHI, Kazuhiro SATO
  • Publication number: 20230038184
    Abstract: Devices facilitating recovery of polymers are disclosed. A crushing device (25) includes a housing (13) into which a paper diaper (D) containing polymers (P) in a water-absorbed state is thrown, and a crushing member (28) that is accommodated in the housing (13) and crushes the paper diaper (D). A moving speed of the crushing member (28) is 0.1 m/s or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhisa FUKUMOTO, Hiroaki WATANABE, Michitarou MAKI, Ikunori HATANAKA
  • Patent number: D1014714
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kobayashi