IP Library Granted Patent US 10,934,699
Granted Patent B2
US 10,934,699 · App. 16/311,662 · Granted Mar 2, 2021

Toilet

Inventors: Hiroshi Matsuda (Tokyo, JP); Naohisa Oota (Tokyo, JP); Shunsuke Takahashi (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: LIXIL Corporation
E03D11/00A47K13/305H02J5/005H02J50/12
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Patent No.
US 10,934,699
App. No.
16/311,662
Granted
Mar 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The toilet device is provided with a toilet device including a relay coil that has a first coil connected to one end of a connecting line and a second coil connected to the other end of the connecting line and a power reception coil. The first coil is configured to output the power received from a power supply coil by utilizing magnetic resonance to the second coil via the connecting line. The second coil is configured to supply the power received via the connecting line to the power reception coil by utilizing magnetic resonance.

Claims (24)

1. A toilet configured to be provided at a toilet room having a wall and a floor, the toilet comprising:

a water storage storing cleaning water;

a relay coil that has a connecting line, a first coil connected to a first end of the connecting line, and a second coil connected to a second end of the connecting line;

a power supply coil provided under the floor or behind the wall; and

a power reception coil,

wherein the first coil is configured to output power, which is received from a power supply coil by utilizing magnetic resonance, to the second coil via the connecting line,

the second coil is configured to supply the power, which is received via the connecting line, to the power reception coil by utilizing magnetic resonance, and

the first coil installed on a back exterior surface of the water storage, the second coil installed on a front exterior surface of the water storage, and the connecting line is installed on a side exterior surface of the water storage tank to detour the water storage.

2. The toilet of claim 1 ,

wherein at least any one of the first coil, the second coil, and the connecting line is a conductive layer printed on an insulating member.

3. The toilet of claim 1 ,

wherein the relay coil is provided on a toilet or a water storage tank of the toilet device.

4. The toilet of claim 3 ,

wherein the connecting line is disposed on the toilet or the water storage tank of the toilet device.

5. The toilet of claim 1 , further comprising:

a power storage unit that stores the power in which the power reception coil receives from the second coil by utilizing magnetic resonance and is configured to supply the stored power to a load.

6. The toilet of claim 1 , further comprising a toilet seat,

wherein the water storage is provided inside the toilet,

wherein when the power supply coil is provided under the floor, the first coil is coiled around a drain pipe, the second coil is installed at a top part of the toilet such that the second coil is positioned above the first coil, the connecting line connecting the first coil and the second coil is installed inside the toilet and outside the water storage, and the power reception coil is installed inside the toilet seat.

7. The toilet of claim 1 ,

wherein the water storage is a storage tank provided to be faced to the wall,

wherein when the power supply coil is provided behind the wall, the first coil is provided along a back wall of the storage tank, the second coil is provided at a front side of the storage tank so as to be along a front wall of the storage tank, the power reception coil is installed inside a box provided in front of the storage tank such that the power reception coil is positioned forward from the second coil,

wherein a diameter of the power reception coil is equal to a diameter of the second coil,

wherein the connecting line connecting the first coil and the second coil is provided outside the storage tank.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded May 10, 2021
From: LIXIL CORPORATION
To: LIXIL GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056199/0373 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 10, 2021
From: LIXIL GROUP CORPORATION
To: LIXIL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 056877/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 27, 2018
From: MATSUDA, HIROSHI; OOTA, NAOHISA; TAKAHASHI, SHUNSUKE
To: LIXIL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047863/0192 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2016-124664 · Jun 23, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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