Patents by Inventor Sho Ishiyama

Sho Ishiyama 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).

  • Publication number: 20130239320
    Abstract: Provided is a water passage switching device capable of opening and closing valves by a very easy operation. The water passage switching device (10; 122) of the present invention capable of switching between at least three water spouting and stopping modes by opening and closing valves including: valve elements (26a, 26b, 26c; 142) configured to be moved between a valve-open position and a valve-closed position in response to the each water spouting and stopping mode; a pivotally movable tilting operation member (6; 112) directly operated by a user to switch between the each water spouting and stopping mode; and valve actuating rods (40a, 40b, 40c; 148) arranged around a pivot point of the tilting operation member, and each adapted to open and close a respective one of the plurality of valve elements based on a tilting movement in each direction of the tilting operation member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Aihara, Yasufumi Uemura, Masaya Tanabe, Tsuyoshi Miura, Sho Ishiyama, Tomohiro Kudo, Hideyuki Matsui, Daisuke Kazaoka