Patents by Inventor Kenji Ikegaya

Kenji Ikegaya 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).

  • Sanitary washing device
    Patent number: 10364562
    Abstract: A sanitary washing device according to an embodiment comprises: a heating part; a first temperature sensor configured to sense temperature of water heated by the heating part; a second temperature sensor provided downstream of the first temperature sensor and configured to sense temperature of the water; a nozzle provided downstream of the second temperature sensor and configured to jet the water toward human private parts; and a controlling part configured to determine that the second temperature sensor is abnormal when change of the temperature sensed by the first temperature sensor is larger than a predetermined first value and change of the temperature sensed by the second temperature sensor is smaller than a predetermined second value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Ikegaya, Akiyoshi Takase, Toshihiro Okamatsu
  • SANITARY WASHING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190093328
    Abstract: A sanitary washing device according to an embodiment comprises: a heating part; a first temperature sensor configured to sense temperature of water heated by the heating part; a second temperature sensor provided downstream of the first temperature sensor and configured to sense temperature of the water; a nozzle provided downstream of the second temperature sensor and configured to jet the water toward human private parts; and a controlling part configured to determine that the second temperature sensor is abnormal when change of the temperature sensed by the first temperature sensor is larger than a predetermined first value and change of the temperature sensed by the second temperature sensor is smaller than a predetermined second value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: Kenji Ikegaya, Akiyoshi Takase, Toshihiro Okamatsu