Patents by Inventor Hironori Yamasaki
Hironori Yamasaki 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: 11136752Abstract: A flush toilet includes a toilet main body, a flush water tank device, and connection conduits for supplying, to a toilet main body, flush water supplied from a reservoir tank. The reservoir tank includes a large tank portion on a large volume side in the reservoir tank when the reservoir tank is divided into two at the left-right center and a small tank portion on a small volume side in the reservoir tank when the reservoir tank is divided into two at the left-right center. The upstream end of one connection conduit is connected to the large tank portion and, on the other hand, the downstream end of the other connection conduit is connected to the other side of the toilet main body divided into two at the left-right center.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Shu Kashirajima, Takahiro Hara, Masaki Mori, Yukari Kawazu, Tsubasa Ishibashi, Hironori Yamasaki
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Patent number: 11111658Abstract: A flush toilet includes: a water supply channel that allows flush water to be supplied from a flush water storage tank to a rim spout port and a jet spout port; and a switching device that switches a water supply path so as to execute a first flushing process of spouting the flush water in the water supply channel from the rim spout port and after that, execute a second flushing process of spouting the flush water in the water supply channel from at least the jet spout port. The switching device includes a switching valve body that operates by receiving the water pressure of the flush water pressurized by a pressure pump. This switching valve body performs switching to a water supply path that allows the first flushing process or the second flushing process to be executed according to the water pressure generated by the pressure pump.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Tsubasa Miyake, Hironori Yamasaki, Mitsuhiro Suenaga, Takashi Yoshioka, Koichiro Hiwa
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Publication number: 20200308816Abstract: A flush toilet includes a toilet main body, a flush water tank device, and connection conduits for supplying, to a toilet main body, flush water supplied from a reservoir tank. The reservoir tank includes a large tank portion on a large volume side in the reservoir tank when the reservoir tank is divided into two at the left-right center and a small tank portion on a small volume side in the reservoir tank when the reservoir tank is divided into two at the left-right center. The upstream end of one connection conduit is connected to the large tank portion and, on the other hand, the downstream end of the other connection conduit is connected to the other side of the toilet main body divided into two at the left-right center.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Shu KASHIRAJIMA, Takahiro HARA, Masaki MORI, Yukari KAWAZU, Tsubasa ISHIBASHI, Hironori YAMASAKI
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Patent number: 10753076Abstract: Problem: To provide a flush toilet wherein anomalous sounds can be suppressed from occurring when flush water is spouted from the rim spout port together with air accumulated in the upper portion within the rim conduit, and quietness can be improved. Solution: The flush toilet of the present invention includes: a bowl portion 20 having a bowl-shaped waste receiving surface 14 and a rim portion 18 formed on a top edge of a waste receiving surface; a rim spout port 26 configured to spout flush water from the rim portion onto the bowl portion; a rim conduit 24 disposed in the rim portion extending from a rear side region of the bowl portion to the rim spout port; and a stirring portion 44 configured to agitate flush water which is supplied into the rim conduit 24.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Shu Kashirajima, Makoto Bekki, Hironori Yamasaki
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Patent number: 10724223Abstract: A urinal capable of suppressing the flow speed differential between the flow speed of flush water flowing into the front side of an ascending pipe and the flow speed of flush water flowing into the back side thereof, and of suppressing the occurrence of stagnation in the flow of flush water, and of suppressing the occurrence of uric scale. The urinal having a discharge trap including a horizontal pipe; a top portion of horizontal pipe is formed by a return flow path-forming portion at the bottom end of the shared wall; and a resistance portion for slowing the flow speed of flush water flowing in the vicinity of this bottom portion is formed at the bottom portion of the horizontal pipe.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2015Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Yoshifumi Seki, Satoshi Matsunaka, Hironori Yamasaki, Masaki Miura
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Patent number: 10704243Abstract: Disclosed is a flush toilet which comprises: a bowl portion having a waste-receiving surface and a rim provided along an upper edge of the waste-receiving surface; a drain trap conduit connected to the bowl portion to drain waste therethrough; a rim spout section including a rim spout port provided in a part of the rim located in a front region of the bowl portion for spouting the flush water, and a rim water-conducting passage provided to conduct flush water to the rim spout port; and a first water-conducting hose for supplying the flush water to the rim water-conducting passage located in the front region of the bowl portion, via beneath the waste-receiving surface, wherein the first water-conducting hose is configured to enable flush water to remain thereinside during stop of supply of the flush water.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Shu Kashirajima, Makoto Bekki, Hironori Yamasaki
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Publication number: 20200102728Abstract: A flush toilet includes: a water supply channel that allows flush water to be supplied from a flush water storage tank to a rim spout port and a jet spout port; and a switching device that switches a water supply path so as to execute a first flushing process of spouting the flush water in the water supply channel from the rim spout port and after that, execute a second flushing process of spouting the flush water in the water supply channel from at least the jet spout port. The switching device includes a switching valve body that operates by receiving the water pressure of the flush water pressurized by a pressure pump. This switching valve body performs switching to a water supply path that allows the first flushing process or the second flushing process to be executed according to the water pressure generated by the pressure pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2019Publication date: April 2, 2020Applicant: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Tsubasa MIYAKE, Hironori YAMASAKI, Mitsuhiro SUENAGA, Takashi YOSHIOKA, Koichiro HIWA
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Publication number: 20190078307Abstract: Problem: To provide a flush toilet wherein anomalous sounds can be suppressed from occurring when flush water is spouted from the rim spout port together with air accumulated in the upper portion within the rim conduit, and quietness can be improved. Solution: The flush toilet of the present invention includes: a bowl portion 20 having a bowl-shaped waste receiving surface 14 and a rim portion 18 formed on a top edge of a waste receiving surface; a rim spout port 26 configured to spout flush water from the rim portion onto the bowl portion; a rim conduit 24 disposed in the rim portion extending from a rear side region of the bowl portion to the rim spout port; and a stirring portion 44 configured to agitate flush water which is supplied into the rim conduit 24.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Applicant: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Shu KASHIRAJIMA, Makoto BEKKI, Hironori YAMASAKI
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Publication number: 20180282987Abstract: Disclosed is a flush toilet which comprises: a bowl portion having a waste-receiving surface and a rim provided along an upper edge of the waste-receiving surface; a drain trap conduit connected to the bowl portion to drain waste therethrough; a rim spout section including a rim spout port provided in a part of the rim located in a front region of the bowl portion for spouting the flush water, and a rim water-conducting passage provided to conduct flush water to the rim spout port; and a first water-conducting hose for supplying the flush water to the rim water-conducting passage located in the front region of the bowl portion, via beneath the waste-receiving surface, wherein the first water-conducting hose is configured to enable flush water to remain thereinside during stop of supply of the flush water.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2018Publication date: October 4, 2018Applicant: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Shu Kashirajima, Makoto Bekki, Hironori Yamasaki
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Patent number: 9991418Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting element includes a light emitting layer, a current spreading layer of a first conductivity type, and a pad electrode. The light emitting layer is capable of emitting light. The current spreading layer has a first surface and a second surface. The light emitting layer is disposed on a side of the first surface. A light extraction surface having convex structures of triangle cross-sectional shape and a flat surface which is a crystal growth plane are included in the second surface. The pad electrode is provided on the flat surface. One base angle of the convex structure is 90 degrees or more.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2016Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hironori Yamasaki, Katsuyoshi Furuki, Yukie Nishikawa
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Patent number: 9988803Abstract: A urinal having the bowl surface formed by only the front face portion in an upper region which does not have any forwardly projecting plate-like side walls at opposite sides thereof as in the conventional urinal. Flush water cleans a wider part of the bowl surface than in the prior art as well as reduce an area of the bowl surface that is not cleaned and provide an improved cleanliness and sanitation of the bowl surface. The urinal includes: a bowl surface being arranged so as to situate between a line segment connecting the left and right side edges and an arcuate segment of a circle having a diameter corresponding to the line segment, as viewed in the horizontal section through the flush water discharging device.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2015Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Minoru Tani, Yusuke Takiguchi, Yuichi Furuta, Tomohiro Kai, Hironori Yamasaki
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Patent number: 9739043Abstract: A urinal for receiving and discharging urine having a bowl portion having a bowl surface for receiving urine; a spouting device disposed on a top portion of the bowl portion for spouting flush water onto the bowl surface; and a discharge trap portion, communicating with a discharge port disposed on a bottom portion of the bowl portion, for discharging flush water and forming a water seal on a downstream side of the bowl portion. The discharge trap includes a descending conduit, a horizontal conduit, and an ascending conduit, and a cross section perpendicular to a discharging direction of either the horizontal conduit or the ascending conduit on the discharge trap portion is formed so that an inner side of the urinal from a center of the cross section has a smaller cross sectional area than an outer side of the urinal from the center of the cross section.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2016Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Yoshifumi Seki, Satoshi Matsunaka, Yuichi Furuta, Hironori Yamasaki
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Patent number: 9624657Abstract: A urinal capable of constraining the occurrence of uric scale in a discharge horizontal branch pipe even if flush water volume has been reduced by water conservation is disclosed. A urinal includes a control unit with a main flush mode M0; a first equipment flushing mode M1 in which a portion of flush water flushes the upstream side of a connecting portion; and a second equipment flushing mode M2 in which a portion of flush water flushes the upstream side of the connecting portion. At least one of either the first mode M1 or the second mode M2, the value of the discharge volume or the discharge instantaneous flow volume discharged is set to be equal to or greater than the value of the discharge volume or the discharge instantaneous flow volume in the main flush mode.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2015Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Matsunaka, Yuichi Furuta, Hironori Yamasaki
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Publication number: 20160208474Abstract: A urinal for receiving and discharging urine having a bowl portion having a bowl surface for receiving urine; a spouting device disposed on a top portion of the bowl portion for spouting flush water onto the bowl surface; and a discharge trap portion, communicating with a discharge port disposed on a bottom portion of the bowl portion, for discharging flush water and forming a water seal on a downstream side of the bowl portion. The discharge trap includes a descending conduit, a horizontal conduit, and an ascending conduit, and a cross section perpendicular to a discharging direction of either the horizontal conduit or the ascending conduit on the discharge trap portion is formed so that an inner side of the urinal from a center of the cross section has a smaller cross sectional area than an outer side of the urinal from the center of the cross section.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2016Publication date: July 21, 2016Inventors: Yoshifumi SEKI, Satoshi MATSUNAKA, Yuichi FURUTA, Hironori YAMASAKI
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Publication number: 20160149081Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting element includes a light emitting layer, a current spreading layer of a first conductivity type, and a pad electrode. The light emitting layer is capable of emitting light. The current spreading layer has a first surface and a second surface. The light emitting layer is disposed on a side of the first surface. A light extraction surface having convex structures of triangle cross-sectional shape and a flat surface which is a crystal growth plane are included in the second surface. The pad electrode is provided on the flat surface. One base angle of the convex structure is 90 degrees or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2016Publication date: May 26, 2016Inventors: Hironori Yamasaki, Katsuyoshi Furuki, Yukie Nishikawa
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Publication number: 20160083948Abstract: A urinal capable of constraining the occurrence of uric scale in a discharge horizontal branch pipe even if flush water volume has been reduced by water conservation is disclosed. A urinal includes a control unit with a main flush mode M0; a first equipment flushing mode M1 in which a portion of flush water flushes the upstream side of a connecting portion; and a second equipment flushing mode M2 in which a portion of flush water flushes the upstream side of the connecting portion. At least one of either the first mode M1 or the second mode M2, the value of the discharge volume or the discharge instantaneous flow volume discharged is set to be equal to or greater than the value of the discharge volume or the discharge instantaneous flow volume in the main flush mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2015Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventors: Satoshi MATSUNAKA, Yuichi FURUTA, Hironori YAMASAKI
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Patent number: 9287448Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting element includes a light emitting layer, a current spreading layer of a first conductivity type, and a pad electrode. The light emitting layer is capable of emitting light. The current spreading layer has a first surface and a second surface. The light emitting layer is disposed on a side of the first surface. A light extraction surface having convex structures of triangle cross-sectional shape and a flat surface which is a crystal growth plane are included in the second surface. The pad electrode is provided on the flat surface. One base angle of the convex structure is 90 degrees or more.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2011Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hironori Yamasaki, Katsuyoshi Furuki, Yukie Nishikawa
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Publication number: 20160069060Abstract: A urinal capable of suppressing the flow speed differential between the flow speed of flush water flowing into the front side of an ascending pipe and the flow speed of flush water flowing into the back side thereof, and of suppressing the occurrence of stagnation in the flow of flush water, and of suppressing the occurrence of uric scale. The urinal having a discharge trap including a horizontal pipe; a top portion of horizontal pipe is formed by a return flow path-forming portion at the bottom end of the shared wall; and a resistance portion for slowing the flow speed of flush water flowing in the vicinity of this bottom portion is formed at the bottom portion of the horizontal pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2015Publication date: March 10, 2016Inventors: Yoshifumi SEKI, Satoshi MATSUNAKA, Hironori YAMASAKI, Masaki MIURA
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Publication number: 20160056335Abstract: According to an embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, a dielectric film and an electrode. The first semiconductor layer is capable of emitting light. The second semiconductor layer has a first major surface in contact with the first semiconductor layer and a second major surface opposite to the first major surface, the second major surface including a first region having convex structures and a second region not having the convex structures. The dielectric film is provided at least at a tip portion of the convex structures, and the electrode is provided above the second region.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2015Publication date: February 25, 2016Inventors: Hironori Yamasaki, Yukie Nishikawa
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Patent number: 9224916Abstract: According to an embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting device includes a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, a dielectric film and an electrode. The first semiconductor layer is capable of emitting light. The second semiconductor layer has a first major surface in contact with the first semiconductor layer and a second major surface opposite to the first major surface, the second major surface including a first region having convex structures and a second region not having the convex structures. The dielectric film is provided at least at a tip portion of the convex structures, and the electrode is provided above the second region.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2012Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Hironori Yamasaki, Yukie Nishikawa