Patents by Inventor Yukari Kawazu
Yukari Kawazu 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).
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Patent number: 11486122Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 18, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Yukari Kawazu, Toshiro Umeno, Shu Kashirajima
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Patent number: 11339559Abstract: A flush toilet includes a toilet main body and a tank device, and the tank device includes a storage tank and a tank mounting member to which the storage tank is detachably attached. At a time of attachment of the storage tank to the tank mounting member, an attaching portion of the storage tank is engaged with an attachment-receiving portion of the tank mounting member by the storage tank being lowered onto a base of the tank mounting member from above. Then, when the storage tank is moved in a horizontal direction relative to the tank mounting member, the attaching portion of the storage tank is configured to be fixed to the attachment-receiving portion of the tank mounting member.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Hideo Iwaki, Shu Kashirajima, Yukari Kawazu, Takahiro Hara
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Patent number: 11136752Abstract: A flush toilet includes a toilet main body, a flush water tank device, and connection conduits for supplying, to a toilet main body, flush water supplied from a reservoir tank. The reservoir tank includes a large tank portion on a large volume side in the reservoir tank when the reservoir tank is divided into two at the left-right center and a small tank portion on a small volume side in the reservoir tank when the reservoir tank is divided into two at the left-right center. The upstream end of one connection conduit is connected to the large tank portion and, on the other hand, the downstream end of the other connection conduit is connected to the other side of the toilet main body divided into two at the left-right center.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Shu Kashirajima, Takahiro Hara, Masaki Mori, Yukari Kawazu, Tsubasa Ishibashi, Hironori Yamasaki
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Publication number: 20210095449Abstract: A flush toilet includes a toilet main body and a tank device, and the tank device includes a storage tank and a tank mounting member to which the storage tank is detachably attached. At a time of attachment of the storage tank to the tank mounting member, an attaching portion of the storage tank is engaged with an attachment-receiving portion of the tank mounting member by the storage tank being lowered onto a base of the tank mounting member from above. Then, when the storage tank is moved in a horizontal direction relative to the tank mounting member, the attaching portion of the storage tank is configured to be fixed to the attachment-receiving portion of the tank mounting member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: Hideo IWAKI, Shu KASHIRAJIMA, Yukari KAWAZU, Takahiro HARA
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Publication number: 20210095450Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2020Publication date: April 1, 2021Inventors: Yukari KAWAZU, Toshiro UMENO, Shu KASHIRAJIMA
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Patent number: 10863877Abstract: According to one embodiment, a toilet lid device includes a casing, a toilet seat and a toilet lid rotatably supported with respect to the casing, and a first support portion and a second support portion rotatably supporting the toilet lid with respect to the casing. The casing is provided between left and right side surfaces of the casing. The casing includes first and second grooves. The first and second grooves are not exposed on the left and right side surfaces. The toilet lid includes first and second hinge portions. The first hinge portion is connected to the first support portion in the first groove, and the second hinge portion is connected to the second support portion in the second groove. Each of the left and right side surfaces of the casing does not include a step backward a rear end of the toilet seat.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Mochita, Yukari Kawazu, Megumi Hirayama, Minoru Matsui
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Publication number: 20200308816Abstract: A flush toilet includes a toilet main body, a flush water tank device, and connection conduits for supplying, to a toilet main body, flush water supplied from a reservoir tank. The reservoir tank includes a large tank portion on a large volume side in the reservoir tank when the reservoir tank is divided into two at the left-right center and a small tank portion on a small volume side in the reservoir tank when the reservoir tank is divided into two at the left-right center. The upstream end of one connection conduit is connected to the large tank portion and, on the other hand, the downstream end of the other connection conduit is connected to the other side of the toilet main body divided into two at the left-right center.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2020Publication date: October 1, 2020Applicant: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Shu KASHIRAJIMA, Takahiro HARA, Masaki MORI, Yukari KAWAZU, Tsubasa ISHIBASHI, Hironori YAMASAKI
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Patent number: 10758097Abstract: According to one embodiment, a toilet lid device includes a casing, and a toilet seat and a toilet lid rotatably supported with respect to the casing. A lower surface of the toilet lid covers an upper surface of the toilet seat and an upper surface of the casing in a state of the toilet lid closed. The lower surface of the toilet lid has a first lower surface parallel to the upper surface of the toilet seat and a second lower surface parallel to the upper surface of the casing.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2018Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Mochita, Yukari Kawazu, Megumi Hirayama
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Publication number: 20190200819Abstract: According to one embodiment, a toilet lid device includes a casing, a toilet seat and a toilet lid rotatably supported with respect to the casing, and a first support portion and a second support portion rotatably supporting the toilet lid with respect to the casing. The casing is provided between left and right side surfaces of the casing. The casing includes first and second grooves. The first and second grooves are not exposed on the left and right side surfaces. The toilet lid includes first and second hinge portions. The first hinge portion is connected to the first support portion in the first groove, and the second hinge portion is connected to the second support portion in the second groove. Each of the left and right side surfaces of the casing does not include a step backward a rear end of the toilet seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Masayuki Mochita, Yukari Kawazu, Megumi Hirayama, Minoru Matsui
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Publication number: 20190200820Abstract: According to one embodiment, a toilet lid device includes a casing, and a toilet seat and a toilet lid rotatably supported with respect to the casing. A lower surface of the toilet lid covers an upper surface of the toilet seat and an upper surface of the casing in a state of the toilet lid closed. The lower surface of the toilet lid has a first lower surface parallel to the upper surface of the toilet seat and a second lower surface parallel to the upper surface of the casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2018Publication date: July 4, 2019Inventors: Masayuki Mochita, Yukari Kawazu, Megumi Hirayama
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Patent number: 10299640Abstract: A sanitary washing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a base plate and a body part. The base plate has a pair of mounting holes that corresponds to a pair of through-holes formed on an upper surface of a toilet bowl and is mounted on the upper surface of the toilet bowl by inserting fastening members mounted on the pair of mounting holes through the pair of through-holes. The body part incorporates a functional component that includes a washing nozzle, and is mounted on the toilet bowl via the base plate. Furthermore, a mounting part for the body part is formed only between the pair of mounting holes on the base plate.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2017Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Tomomi Rokuta, Akihiro Ashihara, Yukari Kawazu, Tomoaki Suetsugu, Masayuki Mochita
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Publication number: 20180049606Abstract: A sanitary washing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a base plate and a body part. The base plate has a pair of mounting holes that corresponds to a pair of through-holes formed on an upper surface of a toilet bowl and is mounted on the upper surface of the toilet bowl by inserting fastening members mounted on the pair of mounting holes through the pair of through-holes. The body part incorporates a functional component that includes a washing nozzle, and is mounted on the toilet bowl via the base plate. Furthermore, a mounting part for the body part is formed only between the pair of mounting holes on the base plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2017Publication date: February 22, 2018Inventors: Tomomi Rokuta, Akihiro Ashihara, Yukari Kawazu, Tomoaki Suetsugu, Masayuki Mochita