Patents by Inventor Haruhiko Fukumoto
Haruhiko Fukumoto 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).
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Patent number: 11225785Abstract: A sanitary washing device according to an embodiment comprises a heating part, a nozzle configured to jet water heated by the heating part toward human private parts; a controlling part configured to control at least one of the heating part and the nozzle, and a monitoring part. The monitoring part is configured to diagnose a failure of the controlling part and to prohibit at least one of heating in the heating part and jetting from the nozzle when the controlling part fails. The controlling part is configured to diagnose a failure of the monitoring part and to prohibit at least one of heating in the heating part and jetting from the nozzle when the monitoring part fails.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2018Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Munehiko Ogawa, Yasuhiro Matsuda, Kandai Kawahara, Haruhiko Fukumoto
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Patent number: 10907333Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sanitary washing device for washing human private parts includes a nozzle configured to jet water toward the human private parts, and a protective electronic circuit configured to prohibit operation of at least part of the sanitary washing device when a component of the sanitary washing device fails. The protective electronic circuit includes a failure diagnosis part configured to diagnose a failure of a component of the protective electronic circuit. At least part of the operation related to the jetting in the sanitary washing device is prohibited when a failure of the component of the sanitary washing device is sensed by diagnosis using the failure diagnosis part.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro Matsuda, Munehiko Ogawa, Kandai Kawahara, Haruhiko Fukumoto, Taro Tanii, Ryota Nishie
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Publication number: 20190093330Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sanitary washing device for washing human private parts includes a nozzle configured to jet water toward the human private parts, and a protective electronic circuit configured to prohibit operation of at least part of the sanitary washing device when a component of the sanitary washing device fails. The protective electronic circuit includes a failure diagnosis part configured to diagnose a failure of a component of the protective electronic circuit. At least part of the operation related to the jetting in the sanitary washing device is prohibited when a failure of the component of the sanitary washing device is sensed by diagnosis using the failure diagnosis part.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Yasuhiro Matsuda, Munehiko Ogawa, Kandai Kawahara, Haruhiko Fukumoto, Taro Tanii, Ryota Nishie
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Publication number: 20190093329Abstract: A sanitary washing device according to an embodiment comprises a heating part, a nozzle configured to jet water heated by the heating part toward human private parts; a controlling part configured to control at least one of the heating part and the nozzle, and a monitoring part. The monitoring part is configured to diagnose a failure of the controlling part and to prohibit at least one of heating in the heating part and jetting from the nozzle when the controlling part fails. The controlling part is configured to diagnose a failure of the monitoring part and to prohibit at least one of heating in the heating part and jetting from the nozzle when the monitoring part fails.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Munehiko Ogawa, Yasuhiro Matsuda, Kandai Kawahara, Haruhiko Fukumoto
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Patent number: 9677260Abstract: A flush toilet includes a valve apparatus for spouting and stopping water to a storage tank or a toilet main unit supplied from a water supply source, and includes a pressurizing pump, being a reversely rotatable pump including a suctioning portion connected to the storage tank, a rim-side discharge portion connected to the toilet main unit rim spouting portion, a jet-side discharge portion connected to the toilet main unit jet spouting portion, and an impeller; and when the impeller is rotating in one direction, the pressurizing pump spouts flush water in the storage tank to the rim-side discharge portion, whereas when the impeller rotates in the other direction, the pressurizing pump spouts flush water in the storage tank to the jet-side discharge portion, or spouts flush water in the storage tank to both the rim-side discharge portion and the jet-side discharge portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2016Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Tsubasa Miyake, Jing Chen, Haruhiko Fukumoto, Nobuhiro Motohashi
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Publication number: 20160281343Abstract: A flush toilet includes a valve apparatus for spouting and stopping water to a storage tank or a toilet main unit supplied from a water supply source, and includes a pressurizing pump, being a reversely rotatable pump including a suctioning portion connected to the storage tank, a rim-side discharge portion connected to the toilet main unit rim spouting portion, a jet-side discharge portion connected to the toilet main unit jet spouting portion, and an impeller; and when the impeller is rotating in one direction, the pressurizing pump spouts flush water in the storage tank to the rim-side discharge portion, whereas when the impeller rotates in the other direction, the pressurizing pump spouts flush water in the storage tank to the jet-side discharge portion, or spouts flush water in the storage tank to both the rim-side discharge portion and the jet-side discharge portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2016Publication date: September 29, 2016Inventors: Tsubasa MIYAKE, Jing CHEN, Haruhiko FUKUMOTO, Nobuhiro MOTOHASHI
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Patent number: 9150422Abstract: Disclosed is a porous metal oxide obtained by subjecting metal alkoxide and/or a partially hydrolyzed condensate of the metal alkoxide to a sol-gel reaction in the presence of terminally branched copolymer particles represented by the following general formula (1) and having a number average molecular weight of not more than 2.5×104 to obtain an organic-inorganic composite and removing the terminally branched copolymer particles from the composite.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2010Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Norio Nakayama, Toshihiko Takaki, Haruhiko Fukumoto, Kaori Matoishi, Shiro Nakatsuka, Naoshi Nagai, Eiichi Takahashi, Yukiko Enomoto
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Publication number: 20150166751Abstract: The laminate according to the invention is comprised of a base material (A), a silicon-containing layer (B) and a polymer layer (C) obtained from an organic acid metallic salt having a polymerizable group. The silicon-containing layer (B) and the polymer layer (C) are sequentially laminated over at least one surface of the base material (A), the silicon-containing layer (B) includes a high nitrogen concentration region comprised of silicon atoms and nitrogen atoms, silicon atoms and nitrogen atoms and oxygen atoms, or silicon atoms and nitrogen atoms and oxygen atoms and carbon atoms. The high nitrogen concentration region is formed by irradiating energy ray onto a polysilazane film formed over the base material (A) under an oxygen concentration equal to or lower than 5% and/or a relative humidity at room temperature (23° C.) equal to or lower than 30% so as to denature at least a part of the film.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2013Publication date: June 18, 2015Inventors: Haruhiko Fukumoto, Kenji Odagawa, Hideo Usui, Eiichi Takahashi, Toshihiko Takaki, Masako Takano, Osamu Nakamura, Kiyotaka Shindo
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Publication number: 20120107607Abstract: A multilayered material is provided which includes a substrate and a silicon-containing film formed on the substrate, wherein the silicon-containing film has a nitrogen-rich area including silicon atoms and nitrogen atoms, or silicon atoms, nitrogen atoms, and an oxygen atoms and the nitrogen-rich area is formed by irradiating a polysilazane film formed on the substrate with an energy beam in an atmosphere not substantially including oxygen or water vapor and denaturing at least a part of the polysilazane film. A method of producing the multilayered material is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2010Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Toshihiko Takaki, Haruhiko Fukumoto
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Publication number: 20110318249Abstract: Disclosed is a porous metal oxide obtained by subjecting metal alkoxide and/or a partially hydrolyzed condensate of the metal alkoxide to a sol-gel reaction in the presence of terminally branched copolymer particles represented by the following general formula (1) and having a number average molecular weight of not more than 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2010Publication date: December 29, 2011Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Norio Nakayama, Toshihiko Takaki, Haruhiko Fukumoto, Kaori Matoishi, Shiro Nakatsuka, Naoshi Nagai, Eiichi Takahashi, Yukiko Enomoto
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Publication number: 20110118361Abstract: Provided are polymer particles composed of a terminally branched copolymer represented by the following general formula (1) and having a number average molecular weight of not more than 2.5×104, wherein, in the formula, A represents a polyolefin chain; R1 and R2 each represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms, and at least one of R1 and R2 is a hydrogen atom; and X1 and X2 may be the same or different, and each a linear or branched polyalkylene glycol group.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2009Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: MITSUI CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Kaori Matoishi, Shiro Nakatsuka, Naoshi Nagai, Toshihiko Takaki, Haruhiko Fukumoto, Norio Nakayama