Patents by Inventor Yoshihiko Ando

Yoshihiko Ando 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: 20200248439
    Abstract: An operating device includes a device main body, and an operating body operated by a user. The operating body is movable between a first position and a second position and enables activation of a water-related appliance by moving from the first position to the second position. The device main body includes a marker part that is different in outer surface color from a neighboring area of the device main body. When the operating body is placed at the first position, the operating body hides the marker part from the outside, and, when the operating body is placed at the second position, the operating body exposes at least part of the marker part to the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Youichirou TOMIOKA, Yoshihiko ANDO
  • Publication number: 20170211261
    Abstract: A rotary handle is attached to a hot water single faucet and is a handle for controlling water discharge by rotational operation by an operator. A coefficient of friction of a grip member is set large in order to guide fingers of the operator to the grip member (operation surface) installed at a part of an outer surface of the rotary handle when the operator grasps the rotary handle. The grip member forms a line-shaped operation surface extending to a position not reaching a joint position of the rotary handle and the hot water single faucet along the outer surface in a direction of an axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Applicant: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Yuki FUSEYA, Shinya SAKATA, Masayuki KAWASE, Yoshihiko ANDO, Kousuke YASUMA
  • Publication number: 20050212300
    Abstract: A vertical shaft windmill is provided in which: a casing (7) extends further upward than a lowest arm (5L); a radial bearing (BI) is fixed to the outer part of the casing (7); and the arm (5L) is mounted for rotation to the casing (7) through the radial bearing (BI). Unstable conditions in the overhang region can be eliminated without decreasing its wind receiving area and without interference with other members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventors: Katsumi Kimura, Yoshihiko Ando, Masaaki Imafuku, Yoshiyuki Maruta, Masanori Goto, Kazuya Hirata, Kenji Ichihara, Kazuhiko Sugiyama, Kimi Sakurai, Yukio Suzuki
  • Patent number: D608426
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: INAX Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ando, Masaaki Sano, Hiroaki Watanabe, Kazunori Hattori, Naoto Yamauchi
  • Patent number: D645548
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Lixil Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ando, Mikiya Kobayashi
  • Patent number: D645938
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ando, Mikiya Kobayashi
  • Patent number: D645940
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ando, Mikiya Kobayashi
  • Patent number: D645941
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ando, Mikiya Kobayashi
  • Patent number: D648825
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Lixil Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ando, Mikiya Kobayashi
  • Patent number: D654993
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ando, Mikiya Kobayashi
  • Patent number: D704317
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Lixil Corporation
    Inventors: Masaki Shinozaki, Hideaki Tsuzuki, Yoshihiko Ando
  • Patent number: D704809
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshihiko Ando
  • Patent number: D841778
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: LIXIL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ando, Kousuke Yasuma, Hiromi Awada, Nobuaki Itazu
  • Patent number: D903050
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ando, Yuichiro Komatsu, Youichirou Tomioka, Touichirou Matsuura
  • Patent number: D913432
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshihiko Ando
  • Patent number: D914152
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ando, Youichirou Tomioka
  • Patent number: D922529
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshihiko Ando
  • Patent number: D936797
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshihiko Ando
  • Patent number: D937996
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ando, Hiroshi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: D945570
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Ando, Youichirou Tomioka, Touichirou Matsuura