Patents by Inventor Shuhei HAYATA

Shuhei HAYATA 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: 20230407616
    Abstract: A sanitary washing device includes a nozzle, a heat exchanger, a cold water flow channel, a switching element, a control board, a heat transfer plate, and a casing. The heat exchanger uses alternating current power to heat the wash water supplied to the nozzle. The cold water flow channel supplies the wash water to the heat exchanger from a water supply source. The switching element switches a supply state of the alternating current power to the heat exchanger. A controller is mounted to the control board. The controller is operated by direct current power. The controller controls the switching element. The heat transfer plate is configured to dissipate heat of the switching element. The switching element is mounted to the control board. The cold water flow channel includes a cooling part. The cooling part water-cools the heat transfer plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Saki YAMAMURA, Shuhei HAYATA, Tomonori SUZUKI, Takakuni YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 10272451
    Abstract: To provide a spout apparatus which is easily maintainable by a user even when, in a fluid device utilizing Karman vortices, scale adheres to the Karman vortex generating portion. A spout apparatus for discharging hot or cold water while causing it to reciprocally oscillate, having a spout apparatus body and an oscillating element; whereby the oscillating element has a water supply passage, a vortex generating passage, and a spout port passage; the spout port passage is formed of an elastically deformable soft member and is attached to the spout apparatus body so that a user can manipulate the spout port passage to deform it; and the vortex generating passage is formed of an elastically deformable soft member, and is integrally formed with the spout port passage so that deformations of the spout port passage can be transmitted to this vortex generating passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyotake Ukigai, Katsuya Nagata, Masateru Miyazaki, Yutaka Aihara, Shuhei Hayata, Kei Watanabe, Nao Tanizaki, Hiroshi Nishijima
  • Patent number: 10071386
    Abstract: To provide a spout apparatus whereby expansion and deformation of the inner wall surface of the vortex generating portion such that a desired Karman vortex cannot be generated are prevented, even when the port portion is formed of an elastically deformable soft member. A spout apparatus for discharging hot or cold water with reciprocal motion, having a spout apparatus body and a vortex generating passage; whereby the oscillating element has a supply passage, a vortex generating passage, and a spout port passage, and the spout port passage is formed by an elastically deformable soft member, and is attached to the spout apparatus body so that a user can manipulate and deform the spout port passage, and the vortex generating passage is formed so as not to expand and deform even if internal pressure rises due to the supply of hot or cold water from the supply passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyotake Ukigai, Katsuya Nagata, Masateru Miyazaki, Yutaka Aihara, Shuhei Hayata, Kei Watanabe, Nao Tanizaki, Hiroshi Nishijima
  • Publication number: 20170165687
    Abstract: To provide a spout apparatus which is easily maintainable by a user even when, in a fluid device utilizing Karman vortices, scale adheres to the Karman vortex generating portion. A spout apparatus for discharging hot or cold water while causing it to reciprocally oscillate, having a spout apparatus body and an oscillating element; whereby the oscillating element has a water supply passage, a vortex generating passage, and a spout port passage; the spout port passage is formed of an elastically deformable soft member and is attached to the spout apparatus body so that a user can manipulate the spout port passage to deform it; and the vortex generating passage is formed of an elastically deformable soft member, and is integrally formed with the spout port passage so that deformations of the spout port passage can be transmitted to this vortex generating passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Kiyotake UKIGAI, Katsuya NAGATA, Masateru MIYAZAKI, Yutaka AIHARA, Shuhei HAYATA, Kei WATANABE, Nao TANIZAKI, Hiroshi NISHIJIMA
  • Publication number: 20170165688
    Abstract: To provide a spout apparatus whereby expansion and deformation of the inner wall surface of the vortex generating portion such that a desired Karman vortex cannot be generated are prevented, even when the port portion is formed of an elastically deformable soft member. A spout apparatus for discharging hot or cold water with reciprocal motion, having a spout apparatus body and a vortex generating passage; whereby the oscillating element has a supply passage, a vortex generating passage, and a spout port passage, and the spout port passage is formed by an elastically deformable soft member, and is attached to the spout apparatus body so that a user can manipulate and deform the spout port passage, and the vortex generating passage is formed so as not to expand and deform even if internal pressure rises due to the supply of hot or cold water from the supply passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Kiyotake UKIGAI, Katsuya NAGATA, Masateru MIYAZAKI, Yutaka AIHARA, Shuhei HAYATA, Kei WATANABE, Nao TANIZAKI, Hiroshi NISHIJIMA
  • Patent number: 9616433
    Abstract: In this shower apparatus, a part of an internal space thereof closer to the outer circumference thereof than an aeration unit is defined as a plurality of small spaces, and all of the small spaces have a uniform channel resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Shuhei Hayata, Koji Takeda, Yasufumi Uemura, Kiyotake Ukigai, Katsuya Nagata
  • Patent number: 9616432
    Abstract: In this shower apparatus, a part of an internal space thereof closer to the outer circumference thereof than an aeration unit is defined as a plurality of small spaces, and all of the small spaces have a uniform channel resistance, and all of the small spaces have a uniform ratio between a channel cross-sectional area at an inlet portion of each of the small spaces and a total opening area of nozzle holes that communicate the small space with an external space such that backflow water CF that returns from the respective small spaces consistently has a uniform flow rate at any point in time among the streams of the backflow water CF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Shuhei Hayata, Koji Takeda, Yasufumi Uemura, Kiyotake Ukigai, Katsuya Nagata
  • Patent number: 9267276
    Abstract: A water discharge device generates a large air bubble having a cross sectional area larger than a channel sectional area of a jetting port when the inside of a water storage chamber is viewed from the jetting port. The water discharge device intermittently forms the large air bubble to change a flow speed of a jet flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hashimoto, Minoru Sato, Shuhei Hayata, Akihiro Uemura, Yukihiro Kozono
  • Publication number: 20150273488
    Abstract: In this shower apparatus, a part of an internal space thereof closer to the outer circumference thereof than an aeration unit is defined as a plurality of small spaces, and all of the small spaces have a uniform channel resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Shuhei HAYATA, Koji TAKEDA, Yasufumi UEMURA, Kiyotake UKIGAI, Katsuya NAGATA
  • Publication number: 20150273487
    Abstract: In this shower apparatus, a part of an internal space thereof closer to the outer circumference thereof than an aeration unit is defined as a plurality of small spaces, and all of the small spaces have a uniform channel resistance, and all of the small spaces have a uniform ratio between a channel cross-sectional area at an inlet portion of each of the small spaces and a total opening area of nozzle holes that communicate the small space with an external space such that backflow water CF that returns from the respective small spaces consistently has a uniform flow rate at any point in time among the streams of the backflow water CF.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Shuhei HAYATA, Koji TAKEDA, Yasufumi UEMURA, Kiyotake UKIGAI, Katsuya NAGATA
  • Publication number: 20150020303
    Abstract: A water discharge device generates a large air bubble having a cross sectional area larger than a channel sectional area of a jetting port when the inside of a water storage chamber is viewed from the jetting port. The water discharge device intermittently forms the large air bubble to change a flow speed of a jet flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi HASHIMOTO, Minoru SATO, Shuhei HAYATA, Akihiro UEMURA, Yukihiro KOZONO
  • Patent number: 8904574
    Abstract: A water discharge device generates a large air bubble having a cross sectional area larger than a channel sectional area of a jetting port when the inside of a water storage chamber is viewed from the jetting port. The water discharge device intermittently forms the large air bubble to change a flow speed of a jet flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hashimoto, Minoru Sato, Shuhei Hayata, Akihiro Uemura, Yukihiro Kozono
  • Publication number: 20130031710
    Abstract: A water discharge device generates a large air bubble having a cross sectional area larger than a channel sectional area of a jetting port when the inside of a water storage chamber is viewed from the jetting port. The water discharge device intermittently forms the large air bubble to change a flow speed of a jet flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi HASHIMOTO, Minoru SATO, Shuhei HAYATA, Akihiro UEMURA, Yukihiro KOZONO