Patents by Inventor Seiya NAKASHIMA

Seiya NAKASHIMA 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: 11913208
    Abstract: A flush toilet includes a toilet main body made of ceramics, a control unit, a supply source that enables water supply or power supply to the control unit, and a flexible elongated member connecting the supply source and the control unit. The toilet main body includes a rear storage configured to store at least a part of the control unit. The rear storage includes an upper storage region, a lower region, and a lower communication region. The flexible elongated member extends from an upper connecting end portion toward a lower connecting end portion, to be inserted from the upper storage region into the lower communication region, and then extends from inside of the lower communication region to outside of the toilet main body, without extending through the lower region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Eto, Takahiro Maruyama, Wataru Ishimi, Taketo Okubo, Seiya Nakashima
  • Patent number: 11788268
    Abstract: A flush toilet which is capable of suppressing reduction in the force of water and disturbance in the flow curved by a pressure loss caused by a flow curved separating from a surface on an inner side portion side of an intermediate part. A rim water passage of the flush toilet includes a curved portion that is curved inward from a downstream end of an outer side portion. The curved portion includes a top portion that is at a position farthest from the intermediate part in the top view, in a direction extending the intermediate part. The top portion is formed in more the outer side portion side than a virtual center line that extends along a center of the intermediate part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru Ishimi, Seiya Nakashima
  • Patent number: 11591781
    Abstract: A flush toilet includes a toilet main body made of ceramics and a control unit. The toilet main body includes a skirt, and a rear storage that can store at least a part of the control unit, the rear storage includes a supporting wall that divides a storage region into upper and lower regions and that supports the control unit, the skirt forms a double wall including an outer wall and an inner wall, the double wall has at least a part that forms an internal space between the outer wall and the inner wall, and the skirt includes a single wall in which the internal space of the double wall is removed in an upper end above a joining portion between the double wall and the supporting wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Maruyama, Wataru Ishimi, Seiya Nakashima
  • Publication number: 20230035354
    Abstract: A flush toilet includes a toilet main body made of ceramics, a control unit, a supply source that enables water supply or power supply to the control unit, and a flexible elongated member connecting the supply source and the control unit. The toilet main body includes a rear storage configured to store at least a part of the control unit. The rear storage includes an upper storage region, a lower region, and a lower communication region. The flexible elongated member extends from an upper connecting end portion toward a lower connecting end portion, to be inserted from the upper storage region into the lower communication region, and then extends from inside of the lower communication region to outside of the toilet main body, without extending through the lower region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Yusuke ETO, Takahiro MARUYAMA, Wataru ISHIMI, Taketo OKUBO, Seiya NAKASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20220275616
    Abstract: A flush toilet includes a toilet main body made of ceramics and a control unit. The toilet main body includes a skirt, and a rear storage that can store at least a part of the control unit, the rear storage includes a supporting wall that divides a storage region into upper and lower regions and that supports the control unit, the skirt forms a double wall including an outer wall and an inner wall, the double wall has at least a part that forms an internal space between the outer wall and the inner wall, and the skirt includes a single wall in which the internal space of the double wall is removed in an upper end above a joining portion between the double wall and the supporting wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Takahiro MARUYAMA, Wataru ISHIMI, Seiya NAKASHIMA
  • Publication number: 20220275624
    Abstract: A flush toilet which is capable of suppressing reduction in the force of water and disturbance in the flow curved by a pressure loss caused by a flow curved separating from a surface on an inner side portion side of an intermediate part. A rim water passage of the flush toilet includes a curved portion that is curved inward from a downstream end of an outer side portion. The curved portion includes a top portion that is at a position farthest from the intermediate part in the top view, in a direction extending the intermediate part. The top portion is formed in more the outer side portion side than a virtual center line that extends along a center of the intermediate part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Wataru ISHIMI, Seiya NAKASHIMA