Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Toilet device
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Application No.: US15884555Application Date: 2018-01-31
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Publication No.: US10674880B2Publication Date: 2020-06-09
- Inventor: Naoyuki Onodera , Hiroki Hata , Yosuke Konomi , Yoshikazu Aratsu , Yusuke Tone
- Applicant: TOTO LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Kitakyushu-Shi, Fukuoka
- Assignee: TOTO LTD.
- Current Assignee: TOTO LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kitakyushu-Shi, Fukuoka
- Agency: Pearne & Gordon LLP
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@16db91ea
- Main IPC: A47K13/10
- IPC: A47K13/10 ; A47K13/12 ; A47K13/24

Abstract:
A toilet device is provided and includes a toilet seat, a main part, and an electric opening/closing mechanism; the toilet seat includes a toilet seat main body, and a hinge part provided at a rear center of the toilet seat main body; the toilet seat is rotatable by being pivotally supported by the main part at two sides of the hinge part; the electric opening/closing mechanism performs an electric opening/closing of the toilet seat and is provided in the main part; the electric opening/closing mechanism includes a motor and a transmission mechanism; the motor is disposed to have a rotation axis offset from a rotation axis of the hinge part; and the transmission mechanism connects the motor and one end of the hinge part and transfers a drive force of the motor to the hinge part.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180220858A1 TOILET DEVICE Public/Granted day:2018-08-09
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