Patents by Inventor Shogo Kanda

Shogo Kanda 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: 10907334
    Abstract: A sanitary washing device includes a nozzle, a drive device, a casing, a nozzle lid, and an illuminator. The casing includes a nozzle container. The nozzle lid is provided to be openable and closable with respect to an opening provided at a front end of the nozzle container. The nozzle lid is in a closed state in which the opening is closed when the entirety of the nozzle is stored in the nozzle container. The illuminator irradiates sterilizing light into an interior of the nozzle container. The sterilizing light has a sterilizing effect. At least one of the nozzle lid or a vicinity of the nozzle lid is luminous in a state of being visible to the user when the nozzle lid is in the closed state and the sterilizing light from the illuminator is irradiated into the interior of the nozzle container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Toshinari Yaoka, Minoru Sato, Keisuke Tashiro, Satoru Matsumoto, Shogo Kanda
  • Patent number: 10851533
    Abstract: The toilet device includes a toilet 800 and a sanitary washing device 100 mounted on the toilet 800. The sanitary washing device 100 includes a nozzle 473, a casing 400, a toilet seat 200, a toilet lid 300, and an illuminator 700. When the user operates an operation part 500 built into the interior of the casing 400, the nozzle 473 is advanced into the bowl 801 of the toilet 800. The casing 400 includes a nozzle container 480 that can store the entire nozzle 473. The illuminator 700 irradiates sterilizing light which is light having a sterilizing action. The illuminator 700 irradiates the sterilizing light L directly on the front surface 473a of the nozzle 473 and/or the part 480c of the bottom surface part 480b positioned below the front surface 473a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Toshinari Yaoka, Minoru Sato, Keisuke Tashiro, Satoru Matsumoto, Shogo Kanda, Yo Morotomi
  • Publication number: 20190368181
    Abstract: According to the embodiment, a sanitary washing device, comprises a private part wash nozzle, a drive device, a casing, and an illuminator; the private part wash nozzle is tilted downward toward a front side and has a water discharge hole discharging washing water toward a private part of a user; the drive device causes the private part wash nozzle to advance and retract; the casing includes a nozzle container that can store an entirety of the private part wash nozzle in a state in which the private part wash nozzle is retracted; the illuminator irradiates sterilizing light which is light having a sterilizing action; and the illuminator irradiates the sterilizing light on at least a front surface of the private part wash nozzle and a part of a bottom surface part of the nozzle container positioned below the front surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Toshinari Yaoka, Minoru Sato, Keisuke Tashiro, Satoru Matsumoto, Shogo Kanda, Yo Morotomi
  • Publication number: 20190368180
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sanitary washing device includes a nozzle, a drive device, a casing, a nozzle lid, and an illuminator. The casing includes a nozzle container. The nozzle lid is provided to be openable and closable with respect to an opening provided at a front end of the nozzle container. The nozzle lid is in a closed state in which the opening is closed when the entirety of the nozzle is stored in the nozzle container. The illuminator irradiates sterilizing light into an interior of the nozzle container. The sterilizing light has a sterilizing effect. At least one of the nozzle lid or a vicinity of the nozzle lid is luminous in a state of being visible to the user when the nozzle lid is in the closed state and the sterilizing light from the illuminator is irradiated into the interior of the nozzle container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Toshinari Yaoka, Minoru Sato, Keisuke Tashiro, Satoru Matsumoto, Shogo Kanda