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).

  • Patent number: 11821186
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Rie Onodera, Ryohei Yaita, Shunji Yoshino
  • Publication number: 20220136222
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Rie Onodera, Ryohei Yaita, Shunji Yoshino
  • Patent number: 11261586
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Rie Onodera, Ryohei Yaita, Shunji Yoshino
  • Publication number: 20190271138
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Rie ONODERA, Ryohei YAITA, Shunji YOSHINO
  • Patent number: 9421561
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Ryohei Yaita, Rie Onodera, Hiromi Akahira, Yasuyuki Enomoto, Naoyuki Onodera
  • Publication number: 20160145842
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Ryohei YAITA, Rie ONODERA, Hiromi AKAHIRA, Yasuyuki ENOMOTO
  • Publication number: 20150273498
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Ryohei YAITA, Rie ONODERA, Hiromi AKAHIRA, Yasuyuki ENOMOTO, Naoyuki ONODERA