Patents by Inventor Atsushi Kushimoto

Atsushi Kushimoto 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).

  • Publication number: 20200200283
    Abstract: Provided are valve devices that can be formed compactly. A valve device includes a primary-side valve element including a planar part and a secondary-side valve element connected to the primary-side valve element to be slidable to the planar part of the primary-side valve element, in which a water discharge state can be switched by sliding the primary-side valve element or the secondary-side valve element. The secondary-side valve element includes a packing member that contacts the planar part of the primary-side valve element. The primary-side valve element can include a disk member including the planar part, and the disk member is made from metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo FUJII, Atsushi KUSHIMOTO, Yousuke TAJIMA
  • Patent number: 7552879
    Abstract: A water spouting device 28 capable of being small sized and provided with a good appearance, and further, capable of realizing a comfortable shower spouting and a straight water spouting is provided with a group of numbers of water sprinkling holes 62 formed of small holes being disposed in a manner so as to be dispersed, and a water spouting outlet 74 for the straight water spouting disposed along a peripheral direction in a manner so as to surround an outer peripheral side of the water sprinkling holes 62, which is continuously extending in a peripheral direction. The shower spouting is performed by means of the water spouting from the water sprinkling holes 62, and the straight water spouting with a single line-like regulated water flux is performed by means of both the spouting water from the water sprinkling holes 62 and that from the water spouting outlet 74.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Inax Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Nagata, Masaki Nishimura, Atsushi Kushimoto
  • Publication number: 20060192032
    Abstract: A water spouting device 28 capable of being small sized and provided with a good appearance, and further, capable of realizing a comfortable shower spouting and a straight water spouting is provided with a group of numbers of water sprinkling holes 62 formed of small holes being disposed in a manner so as to be dispersed, and a water spouting outlet 74 for the straight water spouting disposed along a peripheral direction in a manner so as to surround an outer peripheral side of the water sprinkling holes 62, which is continuously extending in a peripheral direction. The shower spouting is performed by means of the water spouting from the water sprinkling holes 62, and the straight water spouting with a single line-like regulated water flux is performed by means of both the spouting water from the water sprinkling holes 62 and that from the water spouting outlet 74.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Applicant: INAX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaaki Nagata, Masaki Nishimura, Atsushi Kushimoto