Patents by Inventor Rie ONODERA
Rie ONODERA 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: 11821186Abstract: Summary Problem: To provide a spout apparatus in which sagging of the mesh structure portion in the flow-conditioning member due to water pressure can be suppressed even if the flow-conditioning member is formed by a fine diameter mesh structure, and the flow-conditioning member can be compactly constituted and flow velocity distribution made uniform. Solution Means: The embodiment of the invention is a spout apparatus 2, including a spout apparatus main unit 6, a flow-conditioning member 12, and a spray member 16; wherein the flow-conditioning member 12 is formed by a mesh structure in which numerous fine holes are formed, and the mesh structure is layered and formed three dimensionally, such that the mesh structure portion of at least a portion of the mesh structure extends in a direction parallel to the direction of water flowing into the flow-conditioning member.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Rie Onodera, Ryohei Yaita, Shunji Yoshino
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Publication number: 20220136222Abstract: Summary Problem: To provide a spout apparatus in which sagging of the mesh structure portion in the flow-conditioning member due to water pressure can be suppressed even if the flow-conditioning member is formed by a fine diameter mesh structure, and the flow-conditioning member can be compactly constituted and flow velocity distribution made uniform. Solution Means: The embodiment of the invention is a spout apparatus 2, including a spout apparatus main unit 6, a flow-conditioning member 12, and a spray member 16; wherein the flow-conditioning member 12 is formed by a mesh structure in which numerous fine holes are formed, and the mesh structure is layered and formed three dimensionally, such that the mesh structure portion of at least a portion of the mesh structure extends in a direction parallel to the direction of water flowing into the flow-conditioning member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Rie Onodera, Ryohei Yaita, Shunji Yoshino
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Patent number: 11261586Abstract: Problem: To provide a spout apparatus in which sagging of the mesh structure portion in the flow-conditioning member due to water pressure can be suppressed even if the flow-conditioning member is formed by a fine diameter mesh structure, and the flow-conditioning member can be compactly constituted and flow velocity distribution made uniform. Solution Means: The embodiment of the invention is a spout apparatus 2, including a spout apparatus main unit 6, a flow-conditioning member 12, and a spray member 16; wherein the flow-conditioning member 12 is formed by a mesh structure in which numerous fine holes are formed, and the mesh structure is layered and formed three dimensionally, such that the mesh structure portion of at least a portion of the mesh structure extends in a direction parallel to the direction of water flowing into the flow-conditioning member.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Rie Onodera, Ryohei Yaita, Shunji Yoshino
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Publication number: 20190271138Abstract: Problem: To provide a spout apparatus in which sagging of the mesh structure portion in the flow-conditioning member due to water pressure can be suppressed even if the flow-conditioning member is formed by a fine diameter mesh structure, and the flow-conditioning member can be compactly constituted and flow velocity distribution made uniform. Solution Means: The embodiment of the invention is a spout apparatus 2, including a spout apparatus main unit 6, a flow-conditioning member 12, and a spray member 16; wherein the flow-conditioning member 12 is formed by a mesh structure in which numerous fine holes are formed, and the mesh structure is layered and formed three dimensionally, such that the mesh structure portion of at least a portion of the mesh structure extends in a direction parallel to the direction of water flowing into the flow-conditioning member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2019Publication date: September 5, 2019Inventors: Rie ONODERA, Ryohei YAITA, Shunji YOSHINO
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Patent number: 9421561Abstract: A water spouting device has a shower flow passage. A guide wall is formed in the shower flow passage. The guide wall turns only a part of a water stream flowing in from an inflow port into a guiding water stream directed to the outside.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2015Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Ryohei Yaita, Rie Onodera, Hiromi Akahira, Yasuyuki Enomoto, Naoyuki Onodera
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Publication number: 20160145842Abstract: There is provided a water discharge device including: a first member including an injection port; a second member including a streaming flow channel with a streaming discharge port, and a shower flow channel with a shower discharge port; and a flow channel switching mechanism. The shower flow channel includes an air intake section, a storage section of water with bubbles, a backflow prevention section, the shower discharge port, and a positional displacement prevention section that prevents at least a part of a projected plane, formed by projecting a downstream end of the injection port in an injection direction, from being displaced outside the backflow prevention section due to an impact caused by the water injected through the injection port, in a state where water at a maximum flow rate is supplied into the injection port, and the entire projected plane passes through an inside of the backflow prevention section.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2015Publication date: May 26, 2016Applicant: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Ryohei YAITA, Rie ONODERA, Hiromi AKAHIRA, Yasuyuki ENOMOTO
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Publication number: 20150273498Abstract: A water spouting device has a shower flow passage. A guide wall is formed in the shower flow passage. The guide wall turns only a part of a water stream flowing in from an inflow port into a guiding water stream directed to the outside.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2015Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Ryohei YAITA, Rie ONODERA, Hiromi AKAHIRA, Yasuyuki ENOMOTO, Naoyuki ONODERA