Patents by Inventor Toshiro UMENO

Toshiro UMENO 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: 11486122
    Abstract: A flush toilet includes a toilet main body, a tank device provided behind the toilet main body, and a private part washing device configured to wash a private part of a user, the private part washing device being provided on a rear upper surface of the toilet main body behind the bowl. The tank device includes a water supply part configured to supply flush water supplied from a water supply source, a storage tank for storing the flush water supplied from the water supply part, the storage tank being located behind the private part washing device and above a floor surface, a pump configured to feed the flush water in the storage tank to the toilet main body, and a controller configured to control operation of the water supply part and the pump, and the controller is disposed on an outer upper surface of the storage tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Yukari Kawazu, Toshiro Umeno, Shu Kashirajima
  • Publication number: 20210095450
    Abstract: A flush toilet includes a toilet main body, a tank device provided behind the toilet main body, and a private part washing device configured to wash a private part of a user, the private part washing device being provided on a rear upper surface of the toilet main body behind the bowl. The tank device includes a water supply part configured to supply flush water supplied from a water supply source, a storage tank for storing the flush water supplied from the water supply part, the storage tank being located behind the private part washing device and above a floor surface, a pump configured to feed the flush water in the storage tank to the toilet main body, and a controller configured to control operation of the water supply part and the pump, and the controller is disposed on an outer upper surface of the storage tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventors: Yukari KAWAZU, Toshiro UMENO, Shu KASHIRAJIMA