Patents by Inventor Asami SHIMA

Asami SHIMA 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).

  • Patent number: 10675194
    Abstract: An absorbent article has a planar direction and a thickness direction. The absorbent article includes a volatile first functional component, a volatile second functional component, water-disintegrable microcapsules that contain the second functional component, and a solvent that keeps the second functional component contained inside the microcapsules. Between a liquid-permeable layer and an absorption layer, the absorbent article has functional composition coated regions that extend in the planar direction and that are coated with the functional composition, and has adhesive coated regions that extend in the planar direction and that are coated with an adhesive. The adhesive coated regions have an adhesive region that directly or indirectly joins the liquid-permeable payer and the absorption layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Kudo, Toshiyuki Tanio, Yuji Takahashi, Asami Shima, Tomoyuki Fujita
  • Publication number: 20190000693
    Abstract: An absorbent article having a longitudinal direction, a width direction, and a thickness direction that intersect with one another, the absorbent article includes: an absorbent body that absorbs liquid; a back sheet disposed on a wearer's non-skin side of the absorbent body, the back sheet made of a nonwoven fabric; and an anti-displacement adhesive portion formed with an adhesive, the adhesive provided on a non-skin side of the back sheet, the back sheet including a compressed region that is compressed in the thickness direction, the absorbent article including a portion where the anti-displacement adhesive portion overlaps the compressed region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: Unicharm Corporation
    Inventors: Asami SHIMA, Toshiyuki TANIO
  • Publication number: 20180369026
    Abstract: An absorbent article includes: an absorbent body that absorbs liquid; a back sheet, made of a nonwoven fabric, disposed on a wearer's non-skin side of the absorbent body; a leak-proof sheet provided between the absorbent body and the back sheet; and an anti-displacement adhesive portion formed with an adhesive, the adhesive provided on a non-skin side of the back sheet, the back sheet including a compressed region that is compressed in the thickness direction, the absorbent article further including a portion where the anti-displacement adhesive portion overlaps the compressed region, a leak-proof sheet adhesive portion formed, with an adhesive, on a skin side of the back sheet, the adhesive joining the back sheet and the leak-proof sheet, and a portion where the compressed region overlaps the leak-proof sheet adhesive portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Asami SHIMA, Toshiyuki TANIO
  • Publication number: 20170135877
    Abstract: An absorbent article has a planar direction and a thickness direction. The absorbent article includes a volatile first functional component, a volatile second functional component, water-disintegrable microcapsules that contain the second functional component, and a solvent that keeps the second functional component contained inside the microcapsules. Between a liquid-permeable layer and an absorption layer, the absorbent article has functional composition coated regions that extend in the planar direction and that are coated with the functional composition, and has adhesive coated regions that extend in the planar direction and that are coated with an adhesive. The adhesive coated regions have an adhesive region that directly or indirectly joins the liquid-permeable payer and the absorption layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Jun KUDO, Toshiyuki TANIO, Yuji TAKAHASHI, Asami SHIMA, Tomoyuki FUJITA
  • Publication number: 20170128275
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an absorbent article including a liquid permeable layer, a liquid impermeable layer, and an absorbent layer, includes a step for forming a functional composition by mixing water-disintegrable microcapsules containing a volatile functional component with a solvent capable of keeping the functional component as contained in the microcapsules, a step for coating the functional composition on at least a portion of a surface of a layer to be coated to form a functional composition-coated region on the surface to be coated, and a step for stacking the liquid permeable layer, and the absorbent layer and the liquid impermeable layer with an adhesive-coated region coated with an adhesive interposed therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Toshiyuki TANIO, Jun KUDO, Yuji TAKAHASHI, Asami SHIMA, Tomoyuki FUJITA