Patents by Inventor Akiya SAEKI

Akiya SAEKI 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).

  • Flush toilet
    Patent number: 11193266
    Abstract: A flush toilet is provided with a toilet main unit and a functional unit. The toilet main unit has a toilet bowl and an upper surface portion on which a recessed portion is formed. The functional unit is provided on the rear side of the toilet bowl and offers a function different from a function for washing the toilet bowl. The functional unit is able to move between an entering position where at least a portion of the functional unit is located inside the recessed portion and a retreating position where the entire functional unit is located outside the recessed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Akiya Saeki, Hiroaki Watanabe, Tomoya Sasaki, Ryuichi Yokoi
  • FLUSH TOILET
    Publication number: 20200011041
    Abstract: A flush toilet is provided with a toilet main unit and a functional unit. The toilet main unit has a toilet bowl and an upper surface portion on which a recessed portion is formed. The functional unit is provided on the rear side of the toilet bowl and offers a function different from a function for washing the toilet bowl. The functional unit is able to move between an entering position where at least a portion of the functional unit is located inside the recessed portion and a retreating position where the entire functional unit is located outside the recessed portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Akiya SAEKI, Hiroaki WATANABE, Tomoya SASAKI, Ryuichi YOKOI
  • Flush toilet
    Patent number: 10435878
    Abstract: A flush toilet is provided with a toilet main unit and a functional unit. The toilet main unit has a toilet bowl and an upper surface portion on which a recessed portion is formed. The functional unit is provided on the rear side of the toilet bowl and offers a function different from a function for washing the toilet bowl. The functional unit is able to move between an entering position where at least a portion of the functional unit is located inside the recessed portion and a retreating position where the entire functional unit is located outside the recessed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Akiya Saeki, Hiroaki Watanabe, Tomoya Sasaki, Ryuichi Yokoi
  • Flush toilet
    Patent number: 10294644
    Abstract: Afforded are: a toilet body including a toilet bowl part, a rim conduit 36, and a rim part; and a functional component mounted on an upper surface part of the toilet body, rearward of the toilet bowl part. The upper surface part includes a cut-out part formed such as to be recessed downward from the other part of the upper surface part. The functional component is disposed on the cut-out part such as to be partially positioned downward with respect to an upper surface of the rim part, and such as to be partially stuck out into the toilet bowl part from upon the cut-out part, and, on a bottom surface of the stuck-out part, the functional component is provided with a conduit forming surface serving as an upper surface of the rim conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: LIXIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akiya Saeki, Hiroaki Watanabe, Yukihiro Inoue, Tooru Higashino, Masato Takeda, Akiya Oohira, Takeya Ichiyanagi, Yasuhiro Kondo, Hironao Inoue, Tetsuo Hata
  • FLUSH TOILET
    Publication number: 20180258628
    Abstract: A flush toilet is provided with a toilet main unit and a functional unit. The toilet main unit has a toilet bowl and an upper surface portion on which a recessed portion is formed. The functional unit is provided on the rear side of the toilet bowl and offers a function different from a function for washing the toilet bowl. The functional unit is able to move between an entering position where at least a portion of the functional unit is located inside the recessed portion and a retreating position where the entire functional unit is located outside the recessed portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Akiya SAEKI, Hiroaki WATANABE, Tomoya SASAKI, Ryuichi YOKOI
  • FLUSH TOILET
    Publication number: 20170247870
    Abstract: Afforded are: a toilet body including a toilet bowl part, a rim conduit 36, and a rim part; and a functional component mounted on an upper surface part of the toilet body, rearward of the toilet bowl part. The upper surface part includes a cut-out part formed such as to be recessed downward from the other part of the upper surface part. The functional component is disposed on the cut-out part such as to be partially positioned downward with respect to an upper surface of the rim part, and such as to be partially stuck out into the toilet bowl part from upon the cut-out part, and, on a bottom surface of the stuck-out part, the functional component is provided with a conduit forming surface serving as an upper surface of the rim conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Akiya SAEKI, Hiroaki WATANABE, Yukihiro INOUE, Tooru HIGASHINO, Masato TAKEDA, Akiya OOHIRA, Takeya ICHIYANAGI, Yasuhiro KONDO, Hironao INOUE, Tetsuo HATA