Patents by Inventor So OTANI

So OTANI 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: 20260062905
    Abstract: The flush toilet includes a toilet body including a bowl, a drain trap pipeline, and a skirt surrounding the bowl and the drain trap pipeline from the outside; a tank device disposed in a space that is inside the toilet body and that is located below the bowl, the tank device being configured to store flush water; and a functional device configured to supply flush water to the toilet body. The tank device includes a first tank portion and a second tank portion that are disposed on one side and another side, respectively, with respect to the center of the toilet body in the left-right direction in top view. The length of the second tank portion in the front-rear direction is set to be less than or equal to half the length of the first tank portion in the front-rear direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2025
    Publication date: March 5, 2026
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki YAMASAKI, Hideo IWAKI, Masaaki MOMOE, Yusuke TONE, Kotaro HADA, So OTANI, Daichi HARA
  • Publication number: 20260062908
    Abstract: A flush toilet includes: a main toilet unit having a bowl portion and a discharge trap pipe; a jet spout port; a jet water conduit configured to supply flush water to the jet spout port, a tank configured to temporarily store the flush water; and a pump configured to pump up the flush water stored in the tank. The jet water conduit has a downstream side water conduit extending to the jet spout port and an upstream side water conduit connected to the downstream side water conduit. The downstream side water conduit is made of porcelain. The sucking-up portion and the pump are positioned on one side with respect to the discharge trap pipe in a left-and-right direction. A connecting portion between the upstream side water conduit and the downstream side water conduit is also positioned on the same one side with respect to the discharge trap pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2025
    Publication date: March 5, 2026
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki YAMASAKI, Yusuke TONE, Masaaki MOMOE, Hideo IWAKI, Daichi HARA, Kotaro HADA, So OTANI
  • Publication number: 20260062909
    Abstract: A flush toilet includes: a main toilet unit having a bowl portion and a discharge trap pipe extending from a lower part of the bowl portion; a jet spout port configured to spout out flush water into an inside of the discharge trap pipe in a rearward direction; and a jet water conduit configured to supply the flush water to the jet spout port, wherein the jet water conduit has a downstream side water conduit extending to the jet spout port and an upstream side water conduit connected to the downstream side water conduit, the downstream side water conduit is made of porcelain, and a connecting portion between the upstream side water conduit and the downstream side water conduit is located on a rear side with respect to the jet spout port and lower than a pooled water surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2025
    Publication date: March 5, 2026
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Kotaro HADA, Hideo IWAKI, Masaaki MOMOE, Yusuke TONE, Yuki YAMASAKI, So OTANI, Daichi HARA
  • Publication number: 20260062904
    Abstract: A wall mounted flush toilet includes a toilet main body having a bowl, a discharge trap conduit, and a skirt provided to surround the bowl and the discharge trap conduit from outside, a tank device disposed in a space below the bowl within the toilet main body and configured to store flush water to be supplied to the toilet main body, and a fixing member configured to fix the tank device to the toilet main body. The toilet main body includes a hollow portion whose interior is formed by a closed space and a tank fixing portion at which the tank device is fixed by the fixing member, and the tank fixing portion is provided in the hollow portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2025
    Publication date: March 5, 2026
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki YAMASAKI, Hideo IWAKI, Masaaki MOMOE, Yusuke TONE, Kotaro HADA, So OTANI, Daichi HARA