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Granted Patent B2
US 10,694,907 · App. 15/993,694 · Granted Jun 30, 2020

Sanitary washing device

Inventors: Masami Tsujita (Kitakyushu, JP); Shoichi Tsuiki (Kitakyushu, JP); Yuta Tanogashira (Kitakyushu, JP); Takeshi Yasugata (Kitakyushu, JP)
Assignee: TOTO LTD.
A47K13/24E03D5/105E03D9/08G01S13/04G01S13/08G01S13/56
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Patent No.
US 10,694,907
App. No.
15/993,694
Granted
Jun 30, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a sanitary washing device includes a toilet seat, a main part, a radio wave sensor, and a circuit board, wherein the main part is provided at a rear of the toilet seat; the radio wave sensor is provided in an interior of the main part and uses a radio wave to detect a user in front of the main part; and the circuit board includes a metal member and is positioned between the toilet seat and the radio wave sensor in a state in which the toilet seat is closed.

Claims (33)

1. A sanitary washing device, comprising:

a toilet seat;

a main part provided at a rear of the toilet seat;

a radio wave sensor provided in an interior of the main part, the radio wave sensor using a radio wave to detect a user in front of the main part; and

a circuit board including a metal member and being positioned between the toilet seat and the radio wave sensor in a state in which the toilet seat is closed, wherein

an upper part of the circuit board overlaps a lower part of the radio wave sensor in a horizontal direction, and

a maximum directivity direction of the radio wave radiated from the radio wave sensor is oriented upward from the horizontal direction and passes above the circuit board.

2. A sanitary washing device, comprising:

a toilet seat;

a main part provided at a rear of the toilet seat;

a radio wave sensor provided in an interior of the main part, the radio wave sensor using a radio wave to detect a user in front of the main part; and

a circuit board including a metal member and being disposed to reflect a radio wave in a state in which the toilet seat is closed, the radio wave being from the radio wave sensor toward the toilet seat, wherein

an upper part of the circuit board overlaps a lower part of the radio wave sensor in a horizontal direction, and

a maximum directivity direction of the radio wave radiated from the radio wave sensor is oriented upward from the horizontal direction and passes above the circuit board.

3. A sanitary washing device, comprising:

a toilet seat;

a main part provided at a rear of the toilet seat;

a radio wave sensor provided in an interior of the main part, the radio wave sensor using a radio wave to detect a user in front of the main part; and

a circuit board including a metal member and being positioned between the toilet seat and the radio wave sensor in a state in which the toilet seat is closed, wherein

a part of a rear part of the toilet seat overlaps a lower part of the radio wave sensor in a horizontal direction in the state in which the toilet seat is closed, and

a maximum directivity direction of the radio wave radiated from the radio wave sensor is oriented upward from the horizontal direction and passes above the toilet seat in the state in which the toilet seat is closed.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein

an edge part at a front of the circuit board overlaps the radio wave sensor in a frontward/rearward direction, and

an edge part at a rear of the circuit board does not overlap the radio wave sensor in the frontward/rearward direction.

5. The device according to claim 1 , wherein an upper surface of the circuit board is disposed to be aligned with a maximum directivity direction of the radio wave radiated from the radio wave sensor.

6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein an extension line of an upper surface of the circuit board does not cross the toilet seat in the state in which the toilet seat is closed.

7. A sanitary washing device, comprising:

a toilet seat;

a main part provided at a rear of the toilet seat;

a radio wave sensor provided in an interior of the main part, the radio wave sensor using a radio wave to detect a user in front of the main part; and

a circuit board including a metal member and being disposed to reflect a radio wave in a state in which the toilet seat is closed, the radio wave being from the radio wave sensor toward the toilet seat, wherein

a part of a rear part of the toilet seat overlaps a lower part of the radio wave sensor in a horizontal direction in the state in which the toilet seat is closed, and

a maximum directivity direction of the radio wave radiated from the radio wave sensor is oriented upward from the horizontal direction and passes above the toilet seat in the state in which the toilet seat is closed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2018
From: TSUJITA, MASAMI; TSUIKI, SHOICHI; TANOGASHIRA, YUTA; YASUGATA, TAKESHI
To: TOTO LTD.
Reel/Frame 045958/0445 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-110388 · Jun 2, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180344110A1 · Dec 6, 2018
Cited By (1)
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