Patents by Inventor Masako Fujita

Masako Fujita 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: 8561223
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a bathtub device including a bathtub 2, a jetting unit 3, a jetting driving unit 4, and a controller 5. The bathtub includes a first bathtub wall surface and a second bathtub wall surface opposed to the first bathtub wall surface. The jetting unit is provided in the second bathtub wall surface and configured to jet a jet flow to a sole of a bather bathing in the bathtub. The jetting driving unit is connected to the jetting unit and configured to adjust jetting flow rate of the jet flow jetted from the jetting unit. The controller is configured to control the jetting driving unit. The controller is configured to control the jetting driving unit to cause the jetting unit to intermittently jet the jet flow with a strength, a leg of the bather being passively bent by the jet flow with the strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Toto Ltd
    Inventors: Minoru Sato, Tomohisa Kato, Masako Fujita, Masayuki Mochita
  • Patent number: 8381323
    Abstract: A sanitary washing apparatus having a bidet washing function for jetting water at private parts of a female user, the apparatus includes: a nozzle including a jetting port configured to jet water; a swirling chamber and a communication channel for jetting water as a hollow-conic-shape liquid film flow at the private parts of the female user from the jetting port; and a fluid squiring device for generating an intermittent granular flow of granular water balls so as to fill inside the liquid film before the liquid film flow impinges on the private parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Toto Ltd
    Inventors: Masayuki Mochita, Minoru Sato, Masako Fujita
  • Publication number: 20110167554
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a bathtub device including a bathtub 2, a jetting unit 3, a jetting driving unit 4, and a controller 5. The bathtub includes a first bathtub wall surface and a second bathtub wall surface opposed to the first bathtub wall surface. The jetting unit is provided in the second bathtub wall surface and configured to jet a jet flow to a sole of a bather bathing in the bathtub. The jetting driving unit is connected to the jetting unit and configured to adjust jetting flow rate of the jet flow jetted from the jetting unit. The controller is configured to control the jetting driving unit. The controller is configured to control the jetting driving unit to cause the jetting unit to intermittently jet the jet flow with a strength, a leg of the bather being passively bent by the jet flow with the strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: TOTO LTD
    Inventors: Minoru Sato, Tomohisa Kato, Masako Fujita, Masayuki Mochita
  • Publication number: 20110072571
    Abstract: A sanitary washing apparatus having a bidet washing function for jetting water at private parts of a female user, the apparatus includes: a nozzle including a jetting port configured to jet water; jetting means for jetting water as a hollow-conic-shape liquid film flow at the private parts of the female user from the jetting port; and granular-flow generating means for generating an intermittent granular flow of granular water balls so as to fill inside the liquid film before the liquid film flow impinges on the private parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Mochita, Minoru Sato, Masako Fujita