Patents by Inventor Hirokazu SHIMASAKI

Hirokazu SHIMASAKI 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: 20220333365
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a sanitary washing device including a shutter that opens and closes an opening and a shutter washing unit that is configured to wash the front surface of the shutter, the shutter having a simple structure. A sanitary washing device includes: a shutter configured to open and close an opening formed in a functional unit; and a shutter washing unit arranged above the shutter and configured to wash a front surface of the shutter in a state in which the shutter closes the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo MURATA, Yuji SAITO, Katsunori TOMITA, Hirokazu SHIMASAKI
  • Publication number: 20210015315
    Abstract: A toilet device is configured to be capable of performing toilet seat reverse face washing, in which a cleaning liquid is supplied onto a reverse face of a toilet seat and the reverse face is washed. When the toilet seat is placed in a non-closed state, the toilet device does not perform the toilet seat reverse face washing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki KOGA, Hiroaki WATANABE, Hirokazu SHIMASAKI, Tomoya SASAKI, Tsunaki ITOU, Atsushi WAKAMATSU
  • Publication number: 20190323880
    Abstract: The present invention provides a measuring device which is configured to measure a body weight of a user sitting on a toilet seat, which is installed on a toilet bowl, and on which the toilet seat is installed, the device including a plurality of load measuring units that are configured to measure a load of the user acting on the toilet seat and that are disposed to protrude upward from an upper surface. The toilet seat includes a plurality of leg portions disposed to protrude downward from a lower surface, a height from the upper surface to upper ends of the load measuring units is greater than a height from the lower surface of the toilet seat to lower ends of the leg portions, and the load measuring units are disposed at different positions from the leg portions as seen in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokazu SHIMASAKI, Hiroaki WATANABE, Tsunaki ITOU, Tomoya SASAKI, Hideya KOIKE
  • Patent number: 10435877
    Abstract: A flush toilet includes a toilet bowl part, flush water conduits that guides flush water toward the toilet bowl part, a bubble passage provided separately from the flush water conduits, the bubble passage that guides bubbles toward the toilet bowl part, and a bubble generator provided in the bubble passage, the bubble generator that generates bubbles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Kouji Fukuya, Hirokazu Shimasaki, Masato Wakabayashi, Shuhei Haida, Koji Shimizu
  • Patent number: 10435876
    Abstract: A bubble generator includes an ejector including a flow passage, a water supplier that supplies water into the flow passage, an air supplier that supplies air into the flow passage, a cleaner supplier that supplies a cleaner into the flow passage, and a bubble discharger that discharges bubbles generated by mixing the water, the air, and the cleaner; a water supply device that supplies water to the flow passage via the water supplier, and a cleaner supply device that supplies the cleaner to the flow passage via the cleaner supplier. The cleaner supplier is formed on a lower surface of the flow passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokazu Shimasaki, Kouji Fukuya, Masato Wakabayashi, Shuhei Haida, Koji Shimizu
  • Publication number: 20180291607
    Abstract: A bubble generator includes an ejector including a flow passage, a water supplier that supplies water into the flow passage, an air supplier that supplies air into the flow passage, a cleaner supplier that supplies a cleaner into the flow passage, and a bubble discharger that discharges bubbles generated by mixing the water, the air, and the cleaner; a water supply device that supplies water to the flow passage via the water supplier, and a cleaner supply device that supplies the cleaner to the flow passage via the cleaner supplier. The cleaner supplier is formed on a lower surface of the flow passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokazu SHIMASAKI, Kouji FUKUYA, Masato WAKABAYASHI, Shuhei HAIDA, Koji SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20180266092
    Abstract: A flush toilet includes a toilet bowl part, flush water conduits that guides flush water toward the toilet bowl part, a bubble passage provided separately from the flush water conduits, the bubble passage that guides bubbles toward the toilet bowl part, and a bubble generator provided in the bubble passage, the bubble generator that generates bubbles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Kouji FUKUYA, Hirokazu SHIMASAKI, Masato WAKABAYASHI, Shuhei HAIDA, Koji SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20180245321
    Abstract: A remote controller is mounted detachably on a wall surface of a toilet room. The remote controller is provided with a housing, an operation button unit, and a control substrate. The housing is mounted on the wall surface such that a back surface portion is substantially parallel with the wall surface. The operation button unit is arranged on the housing. The control substrate is arranged inside the housing and controls a flush toilet in response to operation received by the operation button unit. The housing is formed so as to become thicker toward the lower side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokazu SHIMASAKI, Miyoko TATEISHI, Masashi ISHIKAWA, Kenji KOTOUGE
  • Publication number: 20180245326
    Abstract: This toilet deodorizing method includes forming a lateral swirl flow of air laterally swirling along an inner surface of a toilet main body and a traversal flow of air traversing the inside of the toilet main body, by discharging air into the toilet main body of a toilet through a discharge port and suctioning air in the toilet main body through a suction port; and deodorizing an odor in the toilet main body by using a deodorizing cartridge (deodorizing device) for eliminating an odorous component of air which flows due to the lateral swirl flow and the traversal flow and is suctioned through the suction port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Tingjian GONG, Hiroaki WATANABE, Toshihiko KOMATSU, Yasuyuki FURUTANI, Masato WAKABAYASHI, Tomoya SASAKI, Hirokazu SHIMASAKI