Patents by Inventor Akiko Tange

Akiko Tange has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20200321103
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer readable medium stores executable instructions that cause a computer to execute: transmitting, to a server, an image of an absorbent article containing vaginal discharge of a user; receiving, from the server, health information that is obtained from the image and indicates a health condition of the user; and displaying, on a display, a health information screen based on the health information. The health information screen displays a first message that indicates the health condition and a second message for improving the health condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: UNICHARM Corporation
    Inventors: Yuya Suzuki, Toru Sasaki, Hiroki Ishikawa, Akiko Tange, Megumi Mimuro, Takahiro Imagawa, Eiji Shibaya
  • Patent number: 9173781
    Abstract: A disposable wearing article includes a front side edges lying in a front waist region, rear side edges lying in a rear waist region and crotch side edges lying in a crotch region. A chassis of the diaper includes a first backsheet forming the front waist region and a part of the crotch region and a second backsheet forming the rear waist region and a part of the crotch region. The front and rear waist regions are provided with first front and rear waist elastic yarns or threads and front and rear region elastic sheets, and the crotch region is provided along the crotch side edges with front and rear leg elastic elements. Ends of front leg elastic elements on one side overlap the front side edges. Ends of the rear leg elastic elements on one side overlap the rear side edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshifumi Otsubo, Tatsuya Hashimoto, Mariko Yamashita, Etsuko Kudo, Akiko Tange
  • Publication number: 20120259307
    Abstract: A disposable wearing article includes a front side edges lying in a front waist region, rear side edges lying in a rear waist region and crotch side edges lying in a crotch region. A chassis of the diaper includes a first backsheet forming the front waist region and a part of the crotch region and a second backsheet forming the rear waist region and a part of the crotch region. The front and rear waist regions are provided with first front and rear waist elastic yarns or threads and front and rear region elastic sheets, and the crotch region is provided along the crotch side edges with front and rear leg elastic elements. Ends of front leg elastic elements on one side overlap the front side edges. Ends of the rear leg elastic elements on one side overlap the rear side edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshifumi Otsubo, Tatsuya Hashimoto, Mariko Yamashita, Etsuko Kudo, Akiko Tange
  • Patent number: 7803146
    Abstract: A sweat-absorbent sheet includes a first surface layer, a second surface layer lying on the opposite side of the first surface layer and an intermediate layer sandwiched between these two layers. Each of the first and second surface layers comprises a mixture layer of first and second hydrophobic fibers made of thermoplastic synthetic resin as main constituent and first and second hydrophilic fibers. The intermediate layer comprises third hydrophilic fibers extending into at least one of the first and second hydrophobic fibers. The first and second hydrophobic fibers are bonded to the crimped to hydrophobic composite fibers mixed in the respective layers. The first, second and third hydrophilic fibers are impregnated with antibacterial or bactericidal medicinal ingredient and such medicinal ingredient is left behind on these hydrophilic fibers after these hydrophilic fibers have been dried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Wada, Akiko Tange, Kiyoshi Miyazawa, Chieko Toyooka
  • Publication number: 20070149933
    Abstract: A sweat-absorbent sheet includes a first surface layer, a second surface layer lying on the opposite side of the first surface layer and an intermediate layer sandwiched between these two layers. Each of the first and second surface layers comprises a mixture layer of first and second hydrophobic fibers made of thermoplastic synthetic resin as main constituent and first and second hydrophilic fibers. The intermediate layer comprises third hydrophilic fibers extending into at least one of the first and second hydrophobic fibers. The first and second hydrophobic fibers are bonded to the crimped to hydrophobic composite fibers mixed in the respective layers. The first, second and third hydrophilic fibers are impregnated with antibacterial or bactericidal medicinal ingredient and such medicinal ingredient is left behind on these hydrophilic fibers after these hydrophilic fibers have been dried.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuhiro Wada, Akiko Tange, Kiyoshi Miyazawa, Chieko Toyooka
  • Publication number: 20050027272
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a disposable diaper with one or more illustrations. The disposable diaper is constituted of such illustrations that the illustrations can be recognized clearly from outside if viewed in one direction even when the disposable diaper is in a folded state after being taken out from a package by a diaper exchanger. Thus, the illustrations may be fully utilized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Sachiyo Suzuki, Hiroki Ishikawa, Satoru Sakaguchi, Akiko Tange, Masami Miyawaki
  • Publication number: 20040116046
    Abstract: A container is adapted to taste of nursling with containing tissue papers or the like, and adapted to age of the nursling. The container is formed with a container body defining a receptacle portion receiving therein a content and opening at an upper edge thereof, and a lid body engaged with the opening upper edge of the container in a condition closing the opening upper edge of the container. A toy member is attached to at least one of the container body and the lid body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Applicant: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Masami Miyawaki, Akiko Tange, Kaori Yuasa