Patents by Inventor Jose Mauricio Berrizbeitia
Jose Mauricio Berrizbeitia 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).
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Patent number: 11918445Abstract: An absorbent article for personal hygiene comprising: a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core, the backsheet comprising a plastic film having a longitudinal tear strength measured in N/cm; the absorbent core being partially attached to the plastic film of the backsheet by a first glue wherein at least a continuous area of 10 mm in longitudinal direction and 25 mm in transversal direction of the bottom side of the core is unattached to the backsheet by the first glue or by any other means of attachment. In the first glue application area, the absorbent article has a core-to-backsheet peel strength measured in N/cm, such that the core-to-backsheet peel strength ranges from 10% to 40% of the longitudinal tear strength of the plastic film.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Ernesto Gabriel Bianchi, José Mauricio Berrizbeitia
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Publication number: 20240033139Abstract: An absorbent article comprises a topsheet on the wearer-facing side, a backsheet on the garment-facing side, and an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent core comprises an absorbent material comprising a superabsorbent polymer, a core wrap enclosing the absorbent material, and a first channel disposed on one side of the longitudinal axis and a second channel disposed on the other side of the longitudinal axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Ernesto Gabriel BIANCHI, Jose Mauricio BERRIZBEITIA, Thorsten NMN RINNERT, Eric Robert SCHURDAK
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Patent number: 11813152Abstract: An absorbent article comprises a topsheet on the wearer-facing side, a backsheet on the garment-facing side, and an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent core comprises an absorbent material comprising a superabsorbent polymer, a core wrap enclosing the absorbent material, and a first channel disposed on one side of the longitudinal axis and a second channel disposed on the other side of the longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: The Procter and Gamble CompanyInventors: Ernesto Gabriel Bianchi, Jose Mauricio Berrizbeitia, Thorsten Rinnert, Eric Robert Schurdak
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Publication number: 20220273503Abstract: An absorbent article comprises a topsheet on the wearer-facing side, a backsheet on the garment-facing side, and an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent core comprises an absorbent material comprising a superabsorbent polymer, a core wrap enclosing the absorbent material, and a first channel disposed on one side of the longitudinal axis and a second channel disposed on the other side of the longitudinal axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Inventors: Ernesto Gabriel BIANCHI, Jose Mauricio BERRIZBEITIA, Thorsten RINNERT, Eric Robert SCHURDAK
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Patent number: 11364159Abstract: An absorbent article comprises a topsheet on the wearer-facing side, a backsheet on the garment-facing side, and an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent core comprises an absorbent material comprising a superabsorbent polymer, a core wrap enclosing the absorbent material, and a first channel disposed on one side of the longitudinal axis and a second channel disposed on the other side of the longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2019Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Ernesto Gabriel Bianchi, Jose Mauricio Berrizbeitia, Thorsten Rinnert, Eric Robert Schurdak
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Publication number: 20200337915Abstract: An absorbent article for personal hygiene comprising: a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core, the backsheet comprising a plastic film having a longitudinal tear strength measured in N/cm; the absorbent core being partially attached to the plastic film of the backsheet by a first glue wherein at least a continuous area of 10 mm in longitudinal direction and 25 mm in transversal direction of the bottom side of the core is unattached to the backsheet by the first glue or by any other means of attachment. In the first glue application area, the absorbent article has a core-to-backsheet peel strength measured in N/cm, such that the core-to-backsheet peel strength ranges from 10% to 40% of the longitudinal tear strength of the plastic film.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventors: Ernesto Gabriel BIANCHI, José Mauricio BERRIZBEITIA
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Patent number: 10736795Abstract: An absorbent article for personal hygiene comprising: a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core, the backsheet comprising a plastic film having a longitudinal tear strength measured in N/cm; the absorbent core being partially attached to the plastic film of the backsheet by a first glue wherein at least a continuous area of 10 mm in longitudinal direction and 25 mm in transversal direction of the bottom side of the core is unattached to the backsheet by the first glue or by any other means of attachment. In the first glue application area, the absorbent article has a core-to-backsheet peel strength measured in N/cm, such that the core-to-backsheet peel strength ranges from 10% to 40% of the longitudinal tear strength of the plastic film.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2016Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Ernesto Gabriel Bianchi, José Mauricio Berrizbeitia
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Publication number: 20190224055Abstract: An absorbent article comprises a topsheet on the wearer-facing side, a backsheet on the garment-facing side, and an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent core comprises an absorbent material comprising a superabsorbent polymer, a core wrap enclosing the absorbent material, and a first channel disposed on one side of the longitudinal axis and a second channel disposed on the other side of the longitudinal axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2019Publication date: July 25, 2019Inventors: Ernesto Gabriel BIANCHI, Jose Mauricio BERRIZBEITIA, Thorsten RINNERT, Eric Robert SCHURDAK
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Patent number: 10285876Abstract: An absorbent article comprises a topsheet on the wearer-facing side, a backsheet on the garment-facing side, and an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent core comprises an absorbent material comprising a superabsorbent polymer, a core wrap enclosing the absorbent material, and a first channel disposed on one side of the longitudinal axis and a second channel disposed on the other side of the longitudinal axis.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2015Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Ernesto Gabriel Bianchi, Jose Mauricio Berrizbeitia, Thorsten Rinnert, Eric Robert Schurdak
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Publication number: 20170014279Abstract: An absorbent article (20) for personal hygiene having a body-facing surface and an opposed garment-facing surface, the article having a front region (Z1), a back region (Z3) and an intermediate crotch region (Z2). The absorbent article comprises on each longitudinal side a gasketing cuff (32) and a barrier leg cuff (34) formed from the same web of nonwoven barrier material (110). The web of nonwoven barrier material is attached at least in the crotch region (Z2) to the topsheet by a plurality of mechanical and/or heat bonds (70), the plurality of mechanical and/or heat bonds defining in the crotch region a longitudinally extending bonding area (71) having a width W1. An adhesive (75) attaches in the crotch region the topsheet to the backsheet so that the adhesive covers at least 20% of the bonding area, this being also the case when the adhesive is notionally shifted laterally by any distance up to 4 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2016Publication date: January 19, 2017Inventors: Jose Mauricio Berrizbeitia, Ernesto Gabriel Bianchi, Andrea Marie Frazer
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Publication number: 20160331602Abstract: An absorbent article for personal hygiene comprising: a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core, the backsheet comprising a plastic film having a longitudinal tear strength measured in N/cm; the absorbent core being partially attached to the plastic film of the backsheet by a first glue wherein at least a continuous area of 10 mm in longitudinal direction and 25 mm in transversal direction of the bottom side of the core is unattached to the backsheet by the first glue or by any other means of attachment. In the first glue application area, the absorbent article has a core-to-backsheet peel strength measured in N/cm, such that the core-to-backsheet peel strength ranges from 10% to 40% of the longitudinal tear strength of the plastic film.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2016Publication date: November 17, 2016Inventors: Ernesto Gabriel BIANCHI, José Mauricio Berrizbeitia
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Patent number: 9474657Abstract: An absorbent article (20) for personal hygiene having a body-facing surface and an opposed garment-facing surface, the article having a front region (Z1), a back region (Z3) and an intermediate crotch region (Z2). The absorbent article comprises on each longitudinal side a gasketing cuff (32) and a barrier leg cuff (34) formed from the same web of nonwoven barrier material (110). The web of nonwoven barrier material is attached at least in the crotch region (Z2) to the topsheet by a plurality of mechanical and/or heat bonds (70), the plurality of mechanical and/or heat bonds defining in the crotch region a longitudinally extending bonding area (71) having a width W1. An adhesive (75) attaches in the crotch region the topsheet to the backsheet an that the adhesive covers at least 20% of the bonding area, this being also the case when the adhesive is notionally shifted laterally by any distance up to 4 mm.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2014Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jose Mauricio Berrizbeitia, Ernesto Gabriel Bianchi, Andrea Marie Frazer
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Publication number: 20160113825Abstract: An absorbent article comprises a topsheet on the wearer-facing side, a backsheet on the garment-facing side, and an absorbent core positioned between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent core comprises an absorbent material comprising a superabsorbent polymer, a core wrap enclosing the absorbent material, and a first channel disposed on one side of the longitudinal axis and a second channel disposed on the other side of the longitudinal axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2015Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: Ernesto Gabrel BIANCHI, Jose Mauricio BERRIZBEITIA, Thorsten RINNERT, Eric Robert SCHURDAK, SR.
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Publication number: 20140303583Abstract: An absorbent article (20) for personal hygiene having a body-facing surface and an opposed garment-facing surface, the article having a front region (Z1), a back region (Z3) and an intermediate crotch region (Z2). The absorbent article comprises on each longitudinal side a gasketing cuff (32) and a barrier leg cuff (34) formed from the same web of nonwoven barrier material (110). The web of nonwoven barrier material is attached at least in the crotch region (Z2) to the topsheet by a plurality of mechanical and/or heat bonds (70), the plurality of mechanical and/or heat bonds defining in the crotch region a longitudinally extending bonding area (71) having a width W1. An adhesive (75) attaches in the crotch region the topsheet to the backsheet an that the adhesive covers at least 20% of the bonding area, this being also the case when the adhesive is notionally shifted laterally by any distance up to 4 mm.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2014Publication date: October 9, 2014Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jose Mauricio Berrizbeitia, Ernesto Gabriel Bianchi, Andrea Marie Frazer
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Patent number: 8839835Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for producing an absorbent article are provided. Generally, the apparatuses and methods allow for continuous delivering of a plurality of web material to downstream equipment during a manufacturing process. In some embodiments, the apparatuses and methods allow for simultaneously unwinding, splicing, and lamination of multiple rolls of web material rotatably mounted to a frame and delivering the web material to various downstream manufacturing processes.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2009Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: James Jay Benner, Patrick John Healey, Jose Mauricio Berrizbeitia
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Patent number: 8607836Abstract: The present disclosure relates to converting lines for manufacturing absorbent articles, and more particularly, to converting lines having modular process equipment modules and converting mechanisms reconfigurable for making different absorbent articles.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2009Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Patrick John Healey, Stoyan Lokar, Daniel Jon Amundson, James Jay Benner, Jose Mauricio Berrizbeitia
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Patent number: 8245384Abstract: The present disclosure relates to converting lines for manufacturing absorbent articles. The converting lines include a plurality of process equipment converting modules connected with each other along a machine direction (MD). Adjacent converting modules may be releasably connectable to each other with converting module couplers. The converting modules may also have substantially identical dimensions, wherein each converting module defines the same or substantially the same MD length, CD width, and height. The converting modules may also be sized to be received within a standard shipping container. The converting lines may includes a plurality of accessory service modules supported by respective converting modules and connected with each other along the machine directions. The accessory service modules may also be adapted to be received within standard shipping containers.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2009Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Patrick John Healey, Stoyan Lokar, Daniel Jon Amundson, James Jay Benner, Jose Mauricio Berrizbeitia
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Publication number: 20110041997Abstract: The present disclosure relates to speed change kits adapted to allow converting lines to be reconfigured to operate at different speeds. In one form, a system for fabricating disposable absorbent articles includes a plurality of converting modules; a plurality of absorbent article converting mechanisms; and a speed kit. The plurality of absorbent article converting mechanisms can be configured from a first configuration to a second configuration by modifying the plurality of absorbent article converting mechanisms to include the speed kit. In the first configuration, the plurality of absorbent article converting mechanisms operate to produce absorbent articles at a first speed range; and when in the second configuration, the plurality of absorbent article converting mechanisms operate to produce absorbent articles at a second speed range different from the first speed range.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2009Publication date: February 24, 2011Inventors: James Jay Benner, Eric Peters Stockl, Jose Mauricio Berrizbeitia
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Publication number: 20110042012Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for producing an absorbent article are provided. Generally, the apparatuses and methods allow for continuous delivering of a plurality of web material to downstream equipment during a manufacturing process. In some embodiments, the apparatuses and methods allow for simultaneously unwinding, splicing, and lamination of multiple rolls of web material rotatably mounted to a frame and delivering the web material to various downstream manufacturing processes.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2009Publication date: February 24, 2011Inventors: James Jay Benner, Patrick John Healey, Jose Mauricio Berrizbeitia
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Publication number: 20110041325Abstract: The present disclosure relates to converting lines for manufacturing absorbent articles. The converting lines include a plurality of process equipment converting modules connected with each other along a machine direction (MD). Adjacent converting modules may be releasably connectable to each other with converting module couplers. The converting modules may also have substantially identical dimensions, wherein each converting module defines the same or substantially the same MD length, CD width, and height. The converting modules may also be sized to be received within a standard shipping container. The converting lines may includes a plurality of accessory service modules supported by respective converting modules and connected with each other along the machine directions. The accessory service modules may also be adapted to be received within standard shipping containers.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2009Publication date: February 24, 2011Inventors: Patrick John Healey, Stoyan Lokar, Daniel Jon Amundson, James Jay Benner, Jose Mauricio Berrizbeitia