IP Library Granted Patent US 12,183,939
Granted Patent B2
US 12,183,939 · App. 18/001,428 · Granted Dec 31, 2024

Bidet

Inventors: Dong Ik Nam (Seoul, KR); Doo Youl Jeon (Seoul, KR); Minsu Song (Seoul, KR); Youngpyo Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: COWAY CO., LTD.
H01M50/244E03D9/08G06F3/0202
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,183,939
App. No.
18/001,428
Granted
Dec 31, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bidet includes: a bidet body part; an operating part; and a power supply part. The operating part includes: an outer housing having a first space formed therein; and a cover covering the opening of the outer housing and being detachably coupled to the outer housing. The power supply part includes: an inner housing, provided in the first space of the outer housing, which has, therein, a second space that is smaller than the first space, and has a first guide member slantedly formed on one side thereof; a battery cartridge, provided in the second space of the inner housing, which has, on the outer surface thereof, a second guide member coupled to the first guide member, and is exposed to the outside with respect to the inner housing according to the second guide member position relative to the first guide member; and a battery in the battery cartridge.

Claims (16)

1. A bidet comprising:

a bidet body part provided at a toilet seat;

an operating part into which a command for operation of the bidet body part is inputted; and

a power supply part supplying power for operation of the operating part and the bidet body part,

wherein the operating part includes:

an outer housing having a first space formed therein; and

a cover which covers the opening of the outer housing and which is detachably coupled to the outer housing, and

the power supply part includes:

an inner housing, which is provided in the first space of the outer housing, has, therein, a second space that is smaller than the first space, and has a first guide member slantedly formed on one side thereof;

a battery cartridge, which is provided in the second space of the inner housing, has, on the outer surface thereof, a second guide member coupled to the first guide member, and is exposed to the outside with respect to the inner housing according to the second guide member position relative to the first guide member in a state where the second guide member is coupled to the first guide member; and

a battery provided in the battery cartridge.

2. The bidet of claim 1 , wherein an elastic member is installed between the battery cartridge and the inner housing in the second space.

3. The bidet of claim 1 , wherein the battery cartridge is rotated with respect to the inner housing depending on a relative position of the second guide member with respect to the first guide member so that the battery cartridge is exposed to an outside with respect to the inner housing, and the second guide member is eccentric to one side with respect to longitudinal and latitudinal directions of the battery cartridge.

4. The bidet of claim 3 , wherein the second guide member is eccentric upward with respect to the latitudinal direction of the battery cartridge.

5. The bidet of claim 3 , wherein the first guide member is slantedly formed in the upward direction, and the battery cartridge is rotated with respect to the longitudinal and latitudinal directions.

6. The bidet of claim 1 , wherein the first guide member is a guide groove passing through the inner housing, and the second guide member is a guide protrusion inserted into the guide groove.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 9, 2022
From: NAM, DONG IK; JEON, DOO YOUL; SONG, MINSU; KIM, YOUNGPYO
To: COWAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062045/0601 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0072456 · Jun 15, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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