US Patent Issued to Toto on March 31 for "Water discharge device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,399, issued on March 31, was assigned to Toto Ltd. (Fukuoka, Japan).

"Water discharge device" was invented by Takahiro Nakashima (Kitakyushu, Japan), Ryohei Yaita (Kitakyushu, Japan), Yuki Moriizumi (Kitakyushu, Japan), Takeshi Murashita (Kitakyushu, Japan) and Kanako Hanashiro (Kitakyushu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water discharge device that discharges water while reciprocally vibrating the water. The water discharge device includes a water discharge device body and a vibration generating element. The vibration generating element includes a water supply path, a collision portion, a vortex street path, and a discharge ...