# US 12,183,939 B2 · Bidet > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,183,939 B2 - Document ID: US12183939B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/001,428 - Filed: 2021-06-03 - Published: 2023-06-29 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2020-06-15 - Assignees: Coway Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Coway Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Dong Ik Nam; Doo Youl Jeon; Minsu Song; Youngpyo Kim - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12183939B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/02: Input arrangements using manually operated switches, e.g. using keyboards or dials - H01M 50/244: Secondary casings; Racks; Suspension devices; Carrying devices; Holders characterised by their mounting method - E03D 9/08: Devices in the bowl producing upwardly-directed sprays; Modifications of the bowl for use with such devices (showers A47K3/28; bathing devices for special therapeutic or hygienic purposes A61H33/00, for specific parts of the body A61H35/00 ){; Bidets; Combinations of bowls with urinals or bidets; Hot-air or other devices mounted in or on the bowl, urinal or bidet for cleaning or disinfecting} - H01M 50/10: Primary casings; Jackets or wrappings - H01M 50/20: Mountings; Secondary casings or frames; Racks, modules or packs; Suspension devices; Shock absorbers; Transport or carrying devices; Holders (structural combination of accumulators with charging apparatus H01M10/46) - G06F 3/0202: {Constructional details or processes of manufacture of the input device} - Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY - E03D: WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## 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 ### Claim 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The bidet of claim 1, wherein an elastic member is installed between the battery cartridge and the inner housing in the second space. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) 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. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The bidet of claim 3, wherein the second guide member is eccentric upward with respect to the latitudinal direction of the battery cartridge. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) 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. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) 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.