Patents by Inventor Naokazu Onishi

Naokazu Onishi 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: 9702130
    Abstract: A toilet flush tank is provided that is capable of preventing an increase in the external dimensions of a toilet main body even when the toilet flush tank is placed below the upper surface of a toilet main body and is also capable of performing toilet cleaning in a stable manner. A toilet flush tank stores cleaning water to be provided to a toilet main body having a toilet bowl and a toilet drainage channel that communicates with the downstream side of the toilet bowl. This toilet flush tank is placed inside a space below the toilet bowl and provided with a recessed portion that conforms to the shape of the toilet drainage channel at the upper surface of the toilet flush tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: LIXIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kouji Fukuya, Naokazu Onishi, Ken Higuchi, Yuji Saito, Kojiro Watari
  • Publication number: 20150159356
    Abstract: A toilet flush tank is provided that is capable of preventing an increase in the external dimensions of a toilet main body even when the toilet flush tank is placed below the upper surface of a toilet main body and is also capable of performing toilet cleaning in a stable manner. A toilet flush tank stores cleaning water to be provided to a toilet main body having a toilet bowl and a toilet drainage channel that communicates with the downstream side of the toilet bowl. This toilet flush tank is placed inside a space below the toilet bowl and provided with a recessed portion that conforms to the shape of the toilet drainage channel at the upper surface of the toilet flush tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Kouji FUKUYA, Naokazu ONISHI, Ken HIGUCHI, Yuji SAITO, Kojiro WATARI
  • Publication number: 20100088813
    Abstract: An air suction device for a toilet drainage channel, capable of good and silent toilet flushing. The air suction device (200) for the toilet drainage channel (5) has air suction means for sucking air from the toilet drainage channel (5) connected to the downstream side of a water sealing part (4) of a toilet body (1). The air suction means has an ejector (30) serving as a negative pressure generator and also has a suction tank (80) connected between the ejector (30) and the toilet drainage channel (5). The air suction device (200) further has a control device (C) for controlling both execution of a suction stroke in which the suction tank (80) exhausts air into the toilet drainage channel (5). The control device (C) executes the air suction stroke after the start of the supply of flush water to the bowl (2) of the toilet body (1) and then executes the air exhaust stroke before the completion of the supply of the flush water to the bowl (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: INAX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naokazu Onishi, Ken Higuchi, Masafumi Fukagawa, Keisuke Hiraide, Yuji Saito