Patents by Inventor Makoto Hatakeyama

Makoto Hatakeyama 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).

  • Patent number: 11852251
    Abstract: The cylinder body is affected by a rotational operation of the first operation part in such a manner that a rotational position of the cylinder body is changed while an axial position of the cylinder body is not changed, and is affected by a rotational operation of the second operation part in such a manner that the axial position of the cylinder body is changed while the rotational position of the cylinder body is not changed. A communication amount between the cold water supply channel and the cold water inlet hole, a communication amount between the hot water supply channel and the hot water inlet hole, and/or a communication amount between the mixed water outlet hole and the mixed water outlet channel are/is changed depending on the axial position and the rotational position of the cylinder body in order to achieve both a temperature regulation and a flow rate regulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Hashimoto, Makoto Hatakeyama, Masanobu Kanashiro
  • Patent number: 11761551
    Abstract: A faucet device includes: a base member; an outer shell member; a metallic casing member that is inserted in a columnar section of the outer shell member and whose one end is fixed to the base member; a hot-water supply pipe and a cold-water supply pipe that supply hot water and cold water, respectively; a single lever cartridge provided at the other end of the casing member; connecting members provided inside the casing member, connecting the hot-water supply pipe and the cold-water supply pipe to the single lever cartridge; a fixing member fixing the single lever cartridge to the connecting members; and mechanical engagement pins. The casing member is formed of a metallic plate or pipe with a size that allows the casing member to be insertable into the columnar section of the outer shell member, and capable of retaining the connecting member in accordance with the mechanical engagement means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Yukito Tsuruda, Kenji Kido, Takafumi Inoue, Masanobu Kanashiro, Makoto Hatakeyama, Daisuke Kazaoka, Yoshihiro Kiyofuji
  • Publication number: 20220099198
    Abstract: The cylinder body is affected by a rotational operation of the first operation part in such a manner that a rotational position of the cylinder body is changed while an axial position of the cylinder body is not changed, and is affected by a rotational operation of the second operation part in such a manner that the axial position of the cylinder body is changed while the rotational position of the cylinder body is not changed. A communication amount between the cold water supply channel and the cold water inlet hole, a communication amount between the hot water supply channel and the hot water inlet hole, and/or a communication amount between the mixed water outlet hole and the mixed water outlet channel are/is changed depending on the axial position and the rotational position of the cylinder body in order to achieve both a temperature regulation and a flow rate regulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Kenichi HASHIMOTO, Makoto HATAKEYAMA, Masanobu KANASHIRO
  • Patent number: 10795381
    Abstract: The present invention is a flow-rate adjustable valve for adjusting a flow rate of liquid flowing through a flow path. The flow-rate adjustable valve includes: a main valve body; a back pressure chamber; an inlet hole; an outlet hole; a pilot valve body for opening and closing an end of the outlet hole on a side of the back pressure chamber; an elongated member holding the pilot valve body; and a lifter rotatable and also movable in the axial direction of the elongated member by the rotation of the rotatable member. The lifter and the elongated member are integrally movable in the axial direction. The elongated member is connected to the lifter under a condition in which the elongated member is biased to the lifter in a one-way direction of the axial direction by a biasing-connecting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Hashimoto, Hideyuki Matsui, Makoto Hatakeyama, Kohei Kawana, Tetsuro Kamiyoshi, Masanobu Kanashiro
  • Patent number: 10767765
    Abstract: The present invention is a flow-rate adjustable valve for adjusting a flow rate of liquid flowing through a flow path. The flow-rate adjustable valve includes: a rotatable member; a lifter linearly movable by a rotation of the rotatable member; a valve body linearly movable by a linear movement of the lifter; a stopper configured to restrict a movable range of the lifter in a fixed state of the stopper in which a position of the stopper is not able to be changed; and a stopper-holding member configured to hold the stopper selectively in the fixed state or in a provisional fixed state in which the position of the stopper is able to be changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Hashimoto, Hideyuki Matsui, Makoto Hatakeyama, Kohei Kawana, Tetsuro Kamiyoshi, Masanobu Kanashiro
  • Patent number: 10753489
    Abstract: An electronic faucet device includes a water discharge port for discharging water mixed at a faucet main body; a valve for electrically opening and closing a passage on an upstream side of the water discharge port; a first operation unit and a second operation unit for opening and closing the valve; and a control unit for controlling the valve based on an electrical signal transmitted from each of the first and second operation units, in a case where a water discharge and stop operation is performed on one operation unit among the first operation unit and the second operation unit in a state where the water discharge and stop operation is performed on the other operation unit, the control unit controls the valve by prioritizing an electrical signal transmitted from the one operation unit so as to enable discharge and stopping of water at the water discharge port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Hatakeyama, Hideyuki Matsui, Masanobu Kanashiro
  • Patent number: 10571031
    Abstract: The present invention is a flow-rate adjustable valve for adjusting a flow rate of liquid flowing through a flow path. The flow-rate adjustable valve includes: a main valve body movably supported in the flow path via a diaphragm membrane; a back pressure chamber; a plurality of inlet holes communicating the upstream side of the flow path with the back pressure chamber; an outlet hole communicating a downstream side of the flow path with the back pressure chamber; and a pilot valve body for opening and closing the outlet hole, wherein moments acting on the main valve body based on the liquid flowing into the back pressure chamber through the plurality of inlet holes are canceled by each other in total, under a condition in which the pilot valve body opens the outlet hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Hashimoto, Hideyuki Matsui, Makoto Hatakeyama, Kohei Kawana, Tetsuro Kamiyoshi, Masanobu Kanashiro
  • Publication number: 20190376608
    Abstract: A faucet device includes: a base member; an outer shell member; a metallic casing member that is inserted in a columnar section of the outer shell member and whose one end is fixed to the base member; a hot-water supply pipe and a cold-water supply pipe that supply hot water and cold water, respectively; a single lever cartridge provided at the other end of the casing member; connecting members provided inside the casing member, connecting the hot-water supply pipe and the cold-water supply pipe to the single lever cartridge; a fixing member fixing the single lever cartridge to the connecting members; and mechanical engagement pins. The casing member is formed of a metallic plate or pipe with a size that allows the casing member to be insertable into the columnar section of the outer shell member, and capable of retaining the connecting member in accordance with the mechanical engagement means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Yukito TSURUDA, Kenji KIDO, Takafumi INOUE, Masanobu KANASHIRO, Makoto HATAKEYAMA, Daisuke KAZAOKA, Yoshihiro KIYOFUJI
  • Patent number: 10316500
    Abstract: A touch detection device has a sensing unit that includes a contact portion which comes into contact with an object, a vibration excitation element that vibrates the contact portion, a detection circuit that includes a drive circuit and a contact determination circuit, and an electrical wire that connects the vibration excitation element and the detection circuit, and is covered with a covering material. The vibration excitation element is covered with a potting layer made of resin through a predetermined internal space. While being inserted into the potting layer, the electrical wire has an end connected to the vibration excitation element, and an insertion portion inserted into the potting layer includes a non-covering portion formed by peeling of the covering material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Kawana, Makoto Hatakeyama, Masashi Hara, Hideyuki Matsui
  • Patent number: 10273667
    Abstract: A faucet apparatus includes a rotating operation unit that rotationally operates water spouting and shutting off operations, and a flow adjustment operation and a temperature adjustment operation of hot and cold water, an acceleration sensor that detects an attitude and a rotating movement of the rotating operation unit, and a control unit. The rotating operation unit moves without striding across a horizontal plane at a time of performing a rotating operation from a first operation position to a second operation position around a predetermined rotation axis in the water spouting state. The acceleration sensor is set in a state where a rotation axis at a time of rotating within a predetermined plane in response to the flow adjustment operation and temperature adjustment operation of the hot and cold water does not coincide with a gravity direction axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuro Kamiyoshi, Hideyuki Matsui, Kenichi Hashimoto, Makoto Hatakeyama, Yoshiyuki Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20190101219
    Abstract: An electronic faucet device includes a water discharge port for discharging water mixed at a faucet main body; a valve for electrically opening and closing a passage on an upstream side of the water discharge port; a first operation unit and a second operation unit for opening and closing the valve; and a control unit for controlling the valve based on an electrical signal transmitted from each of the first and second operation units, in a case where a water discharge and stop operation is performed on one operation unit among the first operation unit and the second operation unit in a state where the water discharge and stop operation is performed on the other operation unit, the control unit controls the valve by prioritizing an electrical signal transmitted from the one operation unit so as to enable discharge and stopping of water at the water discharge port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Inventors: Makoto HATAKEYAMA, Hideyuki MATSUI, Masanobu KANASHIRO
  • Publication number: 20180247238
    Abstract: A work range visualization device in an embodiment includes a design data storage, an operation process data storage, a display condition data storage, and a drawing processor. The design data storage stores design data on work objects. The operation process data storage stores operation process data based on the design data. The display condition data storage stores a designated period including present and future. The drawing processor extracts data for a first, a second, and a third work object from the design data and the operation process data according to the designated period, and creates a drawing in which each of the first, the second and the third work object is distinguishable. The first work object is an object completed before the designated period. The second work object is an object planned to be operated within the designated period. The third work object is an object planned to be operated after the designated period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Hidetatsu Hiraki, Makoto Hatakeyama, Toyohiro Umeki
  • Patent number: 10015466
    Abstract: A spatial information visualization apparatus in an embodiment includes a storage, a vacant space processor, a spatial information generator, and an image generator. The storage stores design dimensions of a target space, and measurement information indicating coordinates of a measurement point of the target space measured by scanning the target space from a plurality of different reference points in the target space, for each of the reference points. The vacant space processor specifies a vacant space existing in the measured space stored in the storage, on the basis of the coordinates of the measurement point of the target space included in the measurement information read for each of the reference points from the storage, coordinates of the reference point, and the design dimensions of the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Maruyama, Makoto Hatakeyama, Yuji Kawaguchi, Tetsuo Endoh, Shohei Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20180106022
    Abstract: A faucet apparatus includes a rotating operation unit that rotationally operates water spouting and shutting off operations, and a flow adjustment operation and a temperature adjustment operation of hot and cold water, an acceleration sensor that detects an attitude and a rotating movement of the rotating operation unit, and a control unit. The rotating operation unit moves without striding across a horizontal plane at a time of performing a rotating operation from a first operation position to a second operation position around a predetermined rotation axis in the water spouting state. The acceleration sensor is set in a state where a rotation axis at a time of rotating within a predetermined plane in response to the flow adjustment operation and temperature adjustment operation of the hot and cold water does not coincide with a gravity direction axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Tetsuro KAMIYOSHI, Hideyuki MATSUI, Kenichi HASHIMOTO, Makoto HATAKEYAMA, Yoshiyuki KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20180106024
    Abstract: A touch detection device has a sensing unit that includes a contact portion which comes into contact with an object, a vibration excitation element that vibrates the contact portion, a detection circuit that includes a drive circuit and a contact determination circuit, and an electrical wire that connects the vibration excitation element and the detection circuit, and is covered with a covering material. The vibration excitation element is covered with a potting layer made of resin through a predetermined internal space. While being inserted into the potting layer, the electrical wire has an end connected to the vibration excitation element, and an insertion portion inserted into the potting layer includes a non-covering portion formed by peeling of the covering material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Kohei KAWANA, Makoto HATAKEYAMA, Masashi HARA, Hideyuki MATSUI
  • Publication number: 20170322565
    Abstract: The present invention is a flow-rate adjustable valve for adjusting a flow rate of liquid flowing through a flow path. The flow-rate adjustable valve includes: a main valve body; a back pressure chamber; an inlet hole; an outlet hole; a pilot valve body for opening and closing an end of the outlet hole on a side of the back pressure chamber; an elongated member holding the pilot valve body; and a lifter rotatable and also movable in the axial direction of the elongated member by the rotation of the rotatable member. The lifter and the elongated member are integrally movable in the axial direction. The elongated member is connected to the lifter under a condition in which the elongated member is biased to the lifter in a one-way direction of the axial direction by a biasing-connecting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Kenichi HASHIMOTO, Hideyuki MATSUI, Makoto HATAKEYAMA, Kohei KAWANA, Tetsuro KAMIYOSHI, Masanobu KANASHIRO
  • Publication number: 20170321809
    Abstract: The present invention is a flow-rate adjustable valve for adjusting a flow rate of liquid flowing through a flow path. The flow-rate adjustable valve includes: a rotatable member; a lifter linearly movable by a rotation of the rotatable member; a valve body linearly movable by a linear movement of the lifter; a stopper configured to restrict a movable range of the lifter in a fixed state of the stopper in which a position of the stopper is not able to be changed; and a stopper-holding member configured to hold the stopper selectively in the fixed state or in a provisional fixed state in which the position of the stopper is able to be changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Kenichi HASHIMOTO, Hideyuki MATSUI, Makoto HATAKEYAMA, Kohei KAWANA, Tetsuro KAMIYOSHI, Masanobu KANASHIRO
  • Publication number: 20170321811
    Abstract: The present invention is a flow-rate adjustable valve for adjusting a flow rate of liquid flowing through a flow path. The flow-rate adjustable valve includes: a main valve body movably supported in the flow path via a diaphragm membrane; a back pressure chamber; a plurality of inlet holes communicating the upstream side of the flow path with the back pressure chamber; an outlet hole communicating a downstream side of the flow path with the back pressure chamber; and a pilot valve body for opening and closing the outlet hole, wherein moments acting on the main valve body based on the liquid flowing into the back pressure chamber through the plurality of inlet holes are canceled by each other in total, under a condition in which the pilot valve body opens the outlet hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Kenichi HASHIMOTO, Hideyuki MATSUI, Makoto HATAKEYAMA, Kohei KAWANA, Tetsuro KAMIYOSHI, Masanobu KANASHIRO
  • Publication number: 20160212402
    Abstract: A spatial information visualization apparatus in an embodiment includes a storage, a vacant space processor, a spatial information generator, and an image generator. The storage stores design dimensions of a target space, and measurement information indicating coordinates of a measurement point of the target space measured by scanning the target space from a plurality of different reference points in the target space, for each of the reference points. The vacant space processor specifies a vacant space existing in the measured space stored in the storage, on the basis of the coordinates of the measurement point of the target space included in the measurement information read for each of the reference points from the storage, coordinates of the reference point, and the design dimensions of the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yoshihiro MARUYAMA, Makoto HATAKEYAMA, Yuji KAWAGUCHI, Tetsuo ENDOH, Shohei MATSUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20150042645
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a three-dimensional data processing apparatus includes: an acquiring unit configured to acquire point group data measured by a three-dimensional measuring instrument that emits a beam for scanning from one position in a space in which a target object exists; a discriminating unit configured to discriminate a region unirradiated with the beam in the space on a basis of the point group data; a coordinate integrating unit configured to integrate, into one global coordinate system, respective local coordinate systems at a plurality of the positions at each of which the three-dimensional measuring instrument is placed; and an extracting unit configured to extract an overlapping region formed by integrating, into the global coordinate system, the unirradiated regions discriminated in the respective local coordinate systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Yuji KAWAGUCHI, Yoshinori SATOH, Makoto HATAKEYAMA, Masahiro MOTOHASHI, Tetsuo ENDOH, Shohei MATSUMOTO