Patents by Inventor Yukihiro Kozono

Yukihiro Kozono 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).

  • Water discharge device
    Patent number: 9267276
    Abstract: A water discharge device generates a large air bubble having a cross sectional area larger than a channel sectional area of a jetting port when the inside of a water storage chamber is viewed from the jetting port. The water discharge device intermittently forms the large air bubble to change a flow speed of a jet flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hashimoto, Minoru Sato, Shuhei Hayata, Akihiro Uemura, Yukihiro Kozono
  • WATER DISCHARGE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150020303
    Abstract: A water discharge device generates a large air bubble having a cross sectional area larger than a channel sectional area of a jetting port when the inside of a water storage chamber is viewed from the jetting port. The water discharge device intermittently forms the large air bubble to change a flow speed of a jet flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi HASHIMOTO, Minoru SATO, Shuhei HAYATA, Akihiro UEMURA, Yukihiro KOZONO
  • Water discharge device
    Patent number: 8904574
    Abstract: A water discharge device generates a large air bubble having a cross sectional area larger than a channel sectional area of a jetting port when the inside of a water storage chamber is viewed from the jetting port. The water discharge device intermittently forms the large air bubble to change a flow speed of a jet flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Toto Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Hashimoto, Minoru Sato, Shuhei Hayata, Akihiro Uemura, Yukihiro Kozono
  • WATER DISCHARGE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130031710
    Abstract: A water discharge device generates a large air bubble having a cross sectional area larger than a channel sectional area of a jetting port when the inside of a water storage chamber is viewed from the jetting port. The water discharge device intermittently forms the large air bubble to change a flow speed of a jet flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi HASHIMOTO, Minoru SATO, Shuhei HAYATA, Akihiro UEMURA, Yukihiro KOZONO
  • SANITARY WASHING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20110173744
    Abstract: A sanitary washing apparatus includes a washing nozzle configured to discharge wash water toward a human body part, the washing nozzle including: a water supply path configured to pass the wash water; an orifice configured to direct the wash water passed through the water supply path toward the human body part; a throat provided on a trajectory connecting the orifice and the human body part; a mixing chamber provided on a downstream side of the orifice and on an upstream side of the throat, an area of a cross section of the mixing chamber perpendicular to a discharge direction of the wash water being larger than an area of a cross section of the orifice perpendicular to the discharge direction; and an air intake portion configured to take air into the mixing chamber by a negative pressure generated by wash water flowing from the orifice toward the throat, a return flow being generated in the mixing chamber by wash water flowing out from the orifice and having a flow direction changed by a wall face of the mix
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: TOTO LTD.
    Inventors: Shintaro Fukuzato, Yukihiro Kozono, Shinichi Koso