Patents by Inventor Manabu Hirahara

Manabu Hirahara 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).

  • Patent number: 5398348
    Abstract: A water urinal has a urinal body which includes a housing with an opening on its upper portion for receiving a valve used to supply flushing water to the urinal. The valve is attractively concealed within the body of the urinal and eliminates the necessity of embedding a valve in the wall surface on which the urinal is mounted. A cover, which covers and provides access to the valve receiving space within the urinal body, allows maintenance of the urinal without having to remove the urinal from the wall or break an opening in the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio Tashiro, Noriyuki Matsui, Ryuzo Fukuda, Manabu Hirahara, Naoki Tsukamura
  • Patent number: 4667350
    Abstract: This invention relates to a lavatory hopper flushing apparatus, particularly, a lavatory hopper flushing apparatus comprising a sensor unit capable of detecting the use of any one of a plurality of lavatory hoppers arranged side by side, and providing a detection signal upon the detection of the use of any one of the lavatory hoppers; a control unit capable of being actuated by the detection signal; and a water supply unit capable of being driven by the control unit so as to flush all the lavatory hoppers simultaneously; wherein the control unit capable of being actuated by the detection signal given by a sensor unit and driving a water supply unit includes a counter control unit which has a counting circuit that counts the frequency of the detection signal and which provides an output signal when the count of the detection signals reaches a predetermined number, and an output control unit which provides an output signal to actuate the water supply unit, upon the reception of the output signal given by the co
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1987
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Ikenaga, Toshifumi Shigematsu, Tatsumi Hamanaka, Manabu Hirahara