Patents Assigned to LIXIL Corporation
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Patent number: 11834894Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: LIXIL CorporationInventor: Hisashi Ishii
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Publication number: 20230332386Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2021Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: LIXIL CorporationInventor: Fumiyasu ISHIGURO
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Patent number: 11767577Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 13, 2018Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: LIXIL CorporationInventor: Carsten Romanowski
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Publication number: 20230184006Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2021Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: LIXIL CorporationInventor: Takashi MITSUHASHI
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Patent number: 11655623Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 25, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: LIXIL CorporationInventor: Hideki Tamura
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Patent number: 11649619Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 20, 2019Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: LIXIL CorporationInventors: Hiromi Awada, Ryosuke Yoshitani
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Publication number: 20230146496Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicant: LIXIL CorporationInventors: Tatsuyuki TAKEUCHI, Katsuhisa FUKUMOTO, Hiroaki WATANABE, Michitarou MAKI, Yasuhiro SHIRAI
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Publication number: 20230113284Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2021Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicants: 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
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Publication number: 20230103465Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2021Publication date: April 6, 2023Applicants: LIXIL Corporation, NIPPON PAINT AUTOMOTIVE COATINGS CO., LTD.Inventors: Yusuke NAKASHIMA, Takahito NAKASE, Yusuke SATO, Yugo TAKEMOTO, Kiyoe MAEJIMA
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Publication number: 20230073555Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2020Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: LIXIL CorporationInventors: Kazuki TERABE, Atsushi SHOJI, Mitsuhiko TSUBOTA, Sadaaki SHICHINO
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Patent number: 11596281Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: LIXIL CorporationInventors: Hideki Tamura, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Shinichi Gomita, Kojiro Watari, Keisuke Sakakibara
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Publication number: 20230058075Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2021Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: LIXIL CorporationInventors: Keiichi HIRATA, Naoya TAMURA, Kazuichi OHASHI, Kazuhiro SATO
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Publication number: 20230038184Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2020Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: LIXIL CorporationInventors: Katsuhisa FUKUMOTO, Hiroaki WATANABE, Michitarou MAKI, Ikunori HATANAKA
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Publication number: 20220395149Abstract: A toilet device includes a toilet seat disposed on an upper side of a toilet; an image sensor provided on a back surface of the toilet seat and configured to image an inner space of a toilet bowl at time of excretion; an open-close acquiring device configured to acquire open-close information of the toilet seat; and an imaging controller configured to determine whether or not to image by the image sensor according to the open-close information of the toilet seat acquired by the open-close acquiring device.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2020Publication date: December 15, 2022Applicant: LIXIL CorporationInventors: Toshiaki SHIMAZU, Emi UEDA, Kenta TANAKA, Nobuhiro TAKI, Hiroshi NISHIGAKI, Masaaki NAGATA
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Publication number: 20220397921Abstract: Provided is a hot and cold water mixer capable of performing stable temperature control, including a cold water supply pipe, a hot water supply pipe, a mixing pipe, flow rate adjustment valves, temperature sensors, flow rate sensors, a setting unit, and a control unit. When the control unit determines that either one of the flow rate adjustment valves cannot increase the flow rate, and also determines, by comparing the target flow rate for the one flow rate adjustment valve with the flow rate of water flowing through the one flow rate adjustment valve, that the target flow rate for the one flow rate adjustment valve is higher, the control unit calculates and updates the target flow rate for the other flow rate adjustment valve and controls the other flow rate adjustment valve based on the updated target flow rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2020Publication date: December 15, 2022Applicant: LIXIL CorporationInventors: Takayuki MIZUNO, Kenji OZEKI, Azumi KAMATA, Masaaki NAGATA
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Publication number: 20220398549Abstract: An assistance device includes: an object information acquirer that acquires information regarding an object installed in a living space, in which the object is to be reformed, repaired, or produced; a detection information acquirer that acquires a history of detection information detected in the past by a sensor installed in the living space; and a candidate presentation unit that generates and presents a candidate for a method for renovating, repairing, or producing the object, based on information regarding the object acquired by the object information acquirer and a history of the detection information acquired by the detection information acquirer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2020Publication date: December 15, 2022Applicant: LIXIL CorporationInventors: Katsuo ONO, Satoshi YAMAMOTO, Misaki NAGATA, Masaki YAMAZAKI
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Patent number: 11525253Abstract: A first cleaning nozzle and a second cleaning nozzle configured to be capable of being advanced and retracted and perform private part cleaning on a human body in an advanced state; a shutter configured to open and close an opening through which the first cleaning nozzle and the second cleaning nozzle are advanced and retracted; and a shutter water film forming portion configured to supply water to a front surface of a shutter main body of the shutter to form a water film are provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2019Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: LIXIL CorporationInventors: Hideki Tamura, Shinichi Gomita, Kojiro Watari
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Patent number: 11512457Abstract: A water spout control device has a target object detector configured to detect a position of a target object as a detection target in a regional image according to an image information of the regional image. The regional image being generated by capturing an imaging target region including a faucet spout. A faucet spout port detector may be configured to detect a position of a faucet spout port of the faucet spout in the regional image. A determiner may be configured to determine whether to discharge water according to the position of the target object detected by the target object detector and the position of the faucet spout port detected by the faucet spout port detector.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: LIXIL CorporationInventors: Nobuhiro Taki, Yuki Shirai
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Publication number: 20220375080Abstract: A determination device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire image information of a target image in which excrement is captured and a determination unit configured to determine a characteristic of the excrement in the target image, select a part of the excrement specified according to a time series of excretion, and confirm a representing characteristic for representing the excrement.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2020Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: LIXIL CorporationInventors: Hiroshige AOYAMA, Kenta TANAKA, Hiroto MIWA
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Publication number: 20220341920Abstract: A functional unit for a toilet system includes: a discharge section discharging, into a toilet bowl, a test agent that allows for determination of a health condition of a human body through a reaction with urine; an input device configured to allow a user to perform an operation for discharging the test agent from the discharge section; and a control section controlling the discharge section based on the operation of the input device by the user. A functional unit for a toilet system includes: a discharge section discharging, into a toilet bowl, a test agent that allows for determination of a health condition of a human body through a reaction with urine; a control section controlling the discharge section; and a sensor, in which the control section performs control to discharge at least one of foam or the test agent based on a detection by the sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2020Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: LIXIL CorporationInventors: Yusuke NAKASHIMA, Takahito NAKASE, Yusuke SATO