# US 2025/0082142 A1 · Bidet, toilet cover plate, and intelligent toilet

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- Number: US 2025/0082142 A1
- Document ID: US20250082142A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 18/940,274
- Filed: 2024-11-07
- Published: 2025-03-13
- Earliest claimed: 2021-08-31
- Assignees: Kohler (China) Investment Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Kohler (China) Investment Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Feixiang Chen; Shiping Cheng; Xuedan Zhu
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250082142A1

## CPC

- A47K 13/302: {Seats with cleaning devices}
- A47K: SANITARY EQUIPMENT; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR, e.g. TOILET ACCESSORIES

## Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a bidet, comprising: a seat ring comprising a rear portion; an accommodating tank disposed at the rear portion of the seat ring and comprising a front side tank wall, wherein at least one tank wall through hole is disposed on the front side tank wall of the accommodating tank; a liquid reservoir configured to store disinfectant and disposed in the accommodating tank; and at least one atomizing nozzle disposed in the accommodating tank and comprising a liquid inlet end communicated with the liquid reservoir and a liquid outlet end communicated with the at least one tank wall through hole. The present disclosure also discloses a toilet cover plate comprising a seat cover and the bidet and discloses an intelligent toilet comprising a controller; a toilet body; and the toilet cover plate.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A toilet seat assembly comprising:
a seat ring comprising a rear portion;
an accommodating tank disposed at the rear portion of the seat ring and comprising a front side tank wall, wherein at least one tank wall through hole is disposed on the front side tank wall of the accommodating tank; and
a plurality of atomizing nozzles disposed in the accommodating tank aligned with the at least one tank wall through hole.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The toilet seat assembly of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of atomizing nozzle comprises:
a nozzle shell comprising an installation cavity; and
an atomizing sheet comprising at least one spray hole.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The toilet seat assembly of claim 2, wherein at least one of the plurality of atomizing nozzle comprises:
a piezoelectric sheet connected to one side of the atomizing sheet, wherein a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet are respectively disposed on the nozzle shell and are respectively communicated with the installation cavity.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The toilet seat assembly of claim 3, wherein the at least one spray hole and the liquid outlet end are coaxially arranged.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The toilet seat assembly of claim 3, wherein the piezoelectric sheet is a piezoelectric ring surrounding the at least one spray hole.

### Claim 6 (depends on 3)

The toilet seat assembly of claim 3, wherein the atomizing sheet and the piezoelectric sheet are disposed in the installation cavity, and
wherein the at least one spray hole faces the liquid outlet end.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The toilet seat assembly of claim 1, further comprising:
a liquid reservoir configured to store disinfectant and disposed in the accommodating tank.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The toilet seat assembly of claim 7, further comprising:
a clamping groove, wherein the liquid reservoir is clamped in the clamping groove.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The toilet seat assembly of claim 7, wherein a liquid pump is disposed in the liquid reservoir.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The toilet seat assembly of claim 1, wherein a liquid outlet end of at least one of the plurality of atomizing nozzles is inserted into the at least one tank wall through hole.

### Claim 11

A toilet comprising:
a toilet bowl; and
a toilet seat assembly comprising:
a seat ring comprising a rear portion;
an accommodating tank disposed at the rear portion of the seat ring and comprising a front side tank wall, wherein at least one tank wall through hole is disposed on the front side tank wall of the accommodating tank; and
a plurality of atomizing nozzles disposed in the accommodating tank aligned with the at least one tank wall through hole.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The toilet of claim 11, further comprising:
a controller configured to provide a vibration circuit to disperse disinfectant using the plurality of atomizing nozzles.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

The toilet of claim 11, wherein at least one of the plurality of atomizing nozzles comprises:
a nozzle shell comprising an installation cavity; and
an atomizing sheet comprising at least one spray hole.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The toilet of claim 13, wherein at least one of the plurality of atomizing nozzles comprises:
a piezoelectric sheet connected to one side of the atomizing sheet, wherein a liquid inlet end and a liquid outlet end are respectively disposed on the nozzle shell and are respectively communicated with the installation cavity.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The toilet of claim 14, wherein the at least one spray hole and the liquid outlet end of the at least one of the plurality of atomizing nozzles are coaxially arranged.

### Claim 16 (depends on 14)

The toilet of claim 14, wherein the piezoelectric sheet is a piezoelectric ring surrounding the at least one spray hole.

### Claim 17 (depends on 14)

The toilet of claim 14, wherein the atomizing sheet and the piezoelectric sheet are disposed in the installation cavity, and
wherein the at least one spray hole faces the liquid outlet end of the at least one atomizing nozzle.

### Claim 18 (depends on 11)

The toilet of claim 11, further comprising:
a liquid reservoir configured to store disinfectant and disposed in the accommodating tank.

### Claim 19 (depends on 1)

The toilet of claim 1, wherein a liquid outlet end of at least one of the plurality of atomizing nozzles is inserted into the at least one tank wall through hole.

### Claim 20

A method comprising:
determining whether a toilet cover plate is in a closed state;
opening a liquid pump to supply disinfectant to a plurality of atomizing nozzles; and
energizing an oscillating circuit board to provide vibrations to disperse the disinfectant using the plurality of atomizing nozzles.
