Patents by Inventor Tsunaki ITOU

Tsunaki ITOU 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: 11447942
    Abstract: A toilet seat device includes a toilet seat, a casing provided in rear of the toilet seat, and a functional component that ejects liquid or that blows out or suctions gas. The functional component is a private part cleaning device that cleans a private part of a sitting person, a blower device that provides warm air into a toilet bowl, or a deodorizing device that deodorizes an inner portion of the toilet bowl, for example. At least part of the functional component is provided in the toilet seat, and the other part of the functional component is provided in the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki Koga, Hiroaki Watanabe, Tomoya Sasaki, Tsunaki Itou
  • Publication number: 20210017752
    Abstract: A toilet seat device includes a toilet seat, a casing provided in rear of the toilet seat, and a functional component that ejects liquid or that blows out or suctions gas. The functional component is a private part cleaning device that cleans a private part of a sitting person, a blower device that provides warm air into a toilet bowl, or a deodorizing device that deodorizes an inner portion of the toilet bowl, for example. At least part of the functional component is provided in the toilet seat, and the other part of the functional component is provided in the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki KOGA, Hiroaki WATANABE, Tomoya SASAKI, Tsunaki ITOU
  • Publication number: 20210015315
    Abstract: A toilet device is configured to be capable of performing toilet seat reverse face washing, in which a cleaning liquid is supplied onto a reverse face of a toilet seat and the reverse face is washed. When the toilet seat is placed in a non-closed state, the toilet device does not perform the toilet seat reverse face washing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuki KOGA, Hiroaki WATANABE, Hirokazu SHIMASAKI, Tomoya SASAKI, Tsunaki ITOU, Atsushi WAKAMATSU
  • Patent number: 10837162
    Abstract: A toilet device includes a toilet main body, a base plate-which is provided on an upper portion of the toilet main body and on which a functional unit is mounted, and a cover which covers the base plate from an upper side such that the functional unit is accommodated. The cover has a protrusion portion that protrudes further downward than the base plate and that is positioned closer to a toilet bowl of the toilet main body than the base plate. A recess portion, which communicates with the toilet bowl and is open to the upper side, is formed in the toilet main body. The base plate is arranged on the recess portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Isato Hirasawa, Saori Ichihara, Kentarou Tsuji, Hiroto Kutsuzawa, Tomoya Sasaki, Hiroaki Watanabe, Yuji Nakayama, Tsunaki Itou, Miyoko Tateishi
  • Publication number: 20190323880
    Abstract: The present invention provides a measuring device which is configured to measure a body weight of a user sitting on a toilet seat, which is installed on a toilet bowl, and on which the toilet seat is installed, the device including a plurality of load measuring units that are configured to measure a load of the user acting on the toilet seat and that are disposed to protrude upward from an upper surface. The toilet seat includes a plurality of leg portions disposed to protrude downward from a lower surface, a height from the upper surface to upper ends of the load measuring units is greater than a height from the lower surface of the toilet seat to lower ends of the leg portions, and the load measuring units are disposed at different positions from the leg portions as seen in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Hirokazu SHIMASAKI, Hiroaki WATANABE, Tsunaki ITOU, Tomoya SASAKI, Hideya KOIKE
  • Publication number: 20190112797
    Abstract: A toilet device includes a toilet main body, a base plate-which is provided on an upper portion of the toilet main body and on which a functional unit is mounted, and a cover which covers the base plate from an upper side such that the functional unit is accommodated. The cover has a protrusion portion that protrudes further downward than the base plate and that is positioned closer to a toilet bowl of the toilet main body than the base plate. A recess portion, which communicates with the toilet bowl and is open to the upper side, is formed in the toilet main body. The base plate is arranged on the recess portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Isato HIRASAWA, Saori ICHIHARA, Kentarou TSUJI, Hiroto KUTSUZAWA, Tomoya SASAKI, Hiroaki WATANABE, Yuji NAKAYAMA, Tsunaki ITOU, Miyoko TATEISHI