Patents by Inventor Koichi Morimoto
Koichi Morimoto 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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Publication number: 20240130902Abstract: Wearable article comprising a laminate with excellent sweat management properties. The laminate comprises a first web and a second web. The second web is formed of a first fibrous layer and a second fibrous layer, which are integrally combined with each other. The second fibrous layer may be more hydrophilic than the first fibrous layer; and/or the second fibrous layer may have higher average surface area per volume than the first fibrous layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Rodrigo ROSATI, Zheng BAO, Koichi MORIMOTO, Lu YE, Nancy Melinda Messer MYERS, Gueltekin ERDEM
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Patent number: 11951231Abstract: A therapeutic agent for intervertebral disc degeneration that contains LASCol obtained by enzymatically cleaving a terminus of collagen.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: KINKI UNIVERSITYInventors: Takashi Yurube, Yoshiki Takeoka, Koichi Morimoto, Saori Kunii, Kaoru Omae
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Patent number: 11931234Abstract: Disclosed is a wearable article continuous in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction comprising an elastic belt region, a crotch region, a waist opening and two leg openings; the elastic belt region is a laminate comprising an inner sheet made of nonwoven fiber, and an outer sheet made of nonwoven fiber, and a plurality of elastic bodies configured to stretch the elastic belt region in the transverse direction, the crotch region comprises an outer cover layer at the most garment facing side, the outer cover layer being the same material as the outer sheet; wherein the outer sheet has a Compression Work of more than about 550 gfmm, a Compression Average Rigidity of less than about 500 gf/mm3, a Surface Roughness Wavelength of more than about 1.7 mm, and a Glossiness of less than about 5.3, the Compression Work, the Compression Average Rigidity, the Surface Roughness Wavelength and the Glossiness according to the measurements herein.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Koichi Morimoto, Hui Liu, Xu Gao
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Publication number: 20240050294Abstract: Disclosed is an array 1 of wearable articles 20, each article comprising a main body 38 and a ring-like elastic belt 40 comprising a front belt and a back belt wherein at least the front belt or the back belt is an elastic member having an elastic member width in the transverse direction and a non-elastic region; wherein a first elastic member of a first article comprises a first non-elastic region; a second elastic member of a second article comprises a second non-elastic region; a third elastic member of a third article comprises a third non-elastic region; wherein the elastic member width of the first, second, and third elastic members are the same; and the first, second, and third non-elastic regions are different from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Inventor: Koichi MORIMOTO
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Publication number: 20240033135Abstract: An absorbent article having a fastening component including a plurality of hooks. The fastening component is positioned adjacent to the proximal edge of at least one of the first belt or the second belt of the absorbent article, and the hooks are covered by the wearer-facing surface of the belt. In a wrapped configuration, the fastening component is configured to engage the side panels such that the leg openings are at least partially sealed providing for convenient and hygienic disposal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Edisson Reinaldo SUBDIAGA RONDON, Petra BALLENBERGER, JoBeth MARTIN, Koichi MORIMOTO, Jason Edward NAYLOR, Susanne OSBAHR, Ekaterina PONOMARENKO
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Publication number: 20240024169Abstract: Disposable pull-on garments that provide a pant type absorbent article fit and comfort during wearing as well as an undergarment-like look and feel; wherein the lower front region and the front crotch region have no stretchability, and wherein at least part of the crotch region overlapping the absorbent core has no stretchabilityType: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Inventors: Fancheng WANG, Le KANG, Koichi MORIMOTO
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Patent number: 11833020Abstract: Disclosed is an array 1 of wearable articles 20, each article comprising a main body 38 and a ring-like elastic belt 40 comprising a front belt and a back belt wherein at least the front belt or the back belt is an elastic member having an elastic member width in the transverse direction and a non-elastic region; wherein a first elastic member of a first article comprises a first non-elastic region; a second elastic member of a second article comprises a second non-elastic region; a third elastic member of a third article comprises a third non-elastic region; wherein the elastic member width of the first, second, and third elastic members are the same; and the first, second, and third non-elastic regions are different from each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Koichi Morimoto
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Publication number: 20230372165Abstract: Disclosed is an absorbent article comprising: a core chassis and a leg gasketing system comprising a pair of wearer facing cuff regions formed by inwardly extending cuff material over a wearer facing side of the core chassis, each wearer facing cuff region comprising a longitudinally extending inner cuff sealing and a longitudinally extending inner cuff free edge positioned inward from the inner cuff sealing, wherein the inner cuff sealing bonds the cuff material and a topsheet, and an inner cuff elastic element is disposed adjacent the inner cuff free edge; a pair of garment facing cuff regions formed by inwardly extending the cuff material over a garment facing side of the core chassis, and a pair of outer cuff elastic elements disposed on wearer facing cuff regions or garment facing cuff regions, each outer cuff elastic element superposing the core side regions and disposed outward from the inner cuff sealings.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2023Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Koichi MORIMOTO, Natalia Nikolaewna GAIKO, Christine Elisabeth SCHOBER, Mengmeng ZHANG, Sarah ZITZER, Thomas TOMBUELT-MEYER, Petra BALLENBERGER, Lei CHEN, Franz-Josef HERMES, Aaron Jeffrey KNOOP, Kyle James RAABE, John Andrew STRASEMEIER
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Patent number: 11793686Abstract: The disclosure relates to absorbent articles having a front belt and a rear belt, each comprising a central zone and first and second peripheral zones, the zones extending substantially in transverse direction of the absorbent article. The at least first belt provides improved fit in the low motion zone of a wearer while being able to adapt easily to the motion of the wearer outside the low motion zone.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Gary Dean LaVon, Koichi Morimoto, Chunmin Cheng, Ling Tong
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Patent number: 11730640Abstract: Disclosed is a wearable article continuous in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction comprising a body-facing surface and a garment-facing surface; wherein at least a portion of the garment-facing surface is a nonwoven substrate material made of fibers having a Roughness (standard deviation of the grayscale image) of at least about 16, preferably at least about 18, more preferably at least about 20; and a fiber diameter of no more than about 22 ?m, preferably no more than about 17 ?m, more preferably no more than about 15 ?m, according to the measurements herein.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Koichi Morimoto, Meng Chen, Lili Sun
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Publication number: 20230225912Abstract: Disclosed is a wearable article comprising a main body and a ring-like elastic belt comprising a front belt and a back belt. At least some of the elastic bodies may be arranged in an array, the array defined as meeting: a) one array is formed by 2-10 elastic bodies; b) each elastic body within one array is disposed in an inner-interval between each elastic body of 2-4 mm; and c) one specific array disposed in an extra-interval between at least one neighboring elastic bodies outside the specific array of greater than the inner-interval. Further, the front belt may comprise at least 5 arrays.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Koichi Morimoto, Ling Tong, Chunmin Cheng
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Publication number: 20230225913Abstract: The present disclosure relates to wearable articles having an elastic belt having arrays of elastic bodies.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Koichi Morimoto, Ling Tong, Chunmin Cheng
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Publication number: 20230225914Abstract: A wearable article wherein least some of the elastic bodies may be arranged in at least 2 sets of a concentrated array defined as meeting: a) one concentrated array is formed by 2-4 elastic bodies; b) each elastic body within one concentrated array is disposed in an inner-interval between each elastic body of 2-4 mm; and c) one specific concentrated array disposed in an extra-interval between at least one neighboring elastic body outside the specific concentrated array of less than 8 mm. The entirety of the length of the belt side edge of the front belt may be seamed with a certain length of the belt side edge of the back belt to define a seam length LS. The front and back belts may each divided into 4 zones wherein at least 2 concentrated arrays are disposed on the front proximal tummy zone or the back distal tummy zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Koichi Morimoto, Ling Tong, Chunmin Cheng
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Publication number: 20230218447Abstract: Disclosed is a wearable article comprising a main body and a ring-like elastic belt comprising an outer cover layer, a backsheet, a front belt artwork region; and a back belt artwork region; and wherein one or both of the front and back belt artwork regions comprises a belt artwork; a transitional region on the front waist panel and the back waist panel where the outer cover layer exists; and a crotch artwork region on the crotch panel comprising a crotch artwork; wherein at least some of the belt artwork and some of the crotch artwork are printed on the backsheet, wherein when the opacity of the outer cover layer is OC and the opacity of one or both of the front belt and the back belt comprising the belt artwork is OB, respectively, the difference between OC and OB is less than about 20%.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventor: Koichi Morimoto
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Publication number: 20230200459Abstract: A wearable article includes a front and back elastic belts, a crotch region, a waist opening, and leg openings. Each elastic belt is a laminate having an inner sheet, an outer sheet, and an elastic member. Elastic adhesive bonding continuously bonds the elastic member for at least about 10 mm in the direction of stretch adjacent the side edges of the belts. A discrete patterned adhesive bonding is applied to at least one of the inner and outer sheets to intermittently bond the inner and outer sheets. The discrete patterned adhesive bonding extends substantially along the transverse direction between the elastic adhesive bonding, and substantially along the longitudinal direction between the distal and proximal edges of the elastic belts. The same adhesive agent provides the elastic adhesive and discrete patterned adhesive bonding. Heat bonds form side seams, and the remainder of the laminate is free of heat bonds.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Shiqiao LI, Ruizhi PEI, Kaoru ISHIHARA, Koichi MORIMOTO, Xuechun WANG, Ling TONG, John Andrew STRASEMEIER, Vanessa Marie MELENDEZ, Monica Renee TOURNOUX
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Publication number: 20230190541Abstract: Disclosed is a wearable article continuous in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction comprising an elastic belt region, a crotch region, a waist opening and two leg openings; wherein the elastic belt region is a laminate comprising an inner sheet made of nonwoven fiber, and an outer sheet made of nonwoven fiber, and a plurality of elastic bodies configured to stretch the elastic belt region in the transverse direction, wherein the article has a Compression Work index of at least about 70 gfcm and a Stretch Circumference Force of less than about 6.5N according to the measurements herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Koichi MORIMOTO, Hui LIU
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Publication number: 20230190537Abstract: Disclosed is an absorbent article comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and an outer cover layer for covering the garment-facing side of the backsheet. The absorbent article has a Thickness Under Compression of from about 2.7 mm to about 4.0 mm. The outer cover layer is formed by a muti-fiber layer nonwoven having a basis weight from about 16gsm to about 35gsm and comprising a garment facing layer and a wearer facing layer. The garment facing layer comprises fibers having a diameter of about 11 µm or less, or from about 7 µm to about 11 µm, and the wearer facing layer comprises fibers having a diameter of about 13 µm or more, or from about 13 µm to about 24 µm. A weight ratio of the garment facing layer is from about 20% to about 70% of the multi-fiber layer nonwoven.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Wei WU, Gueltekin ERDEM, Chunmin CHENG, Koichi MORIMOTO, Yi YUAN, Meng CHEN, Xiuyan TANG
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Patent number: 11666489Abstract: Disclosed is a wearable article comprising a main body and a ring-like elastic belt comprising an outer cover layer, a backsheet, a front belt artwork region; and a back belt artwork region; and wherein one or both of the front and back belt artwork regions comprises a belt artwork; a transitional region on the front waist panel and the back waist panel where the outer cover layer exists; and a crotch artwork region on the crotch panel comprising a crotch artwork; wherein at least some of the belt artwork and some of the crotch artwork are printed on the backsheet, wherein when the opacity of the outer cover layer is OC and the opacity of one or both of the front belt and the back belt comprising the belt artwork is OB, respectively, the difference between OC and OB is less than about 20%.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventor: Koichi Morimoto
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Patent number: 11666492Abstract: Disclosed is a wearable article continuous in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction comprising a front elastic belt region, a back elastic belt region, a crotch region, a waist opening and two leg openings; the crotch region extending longitudinally between the front elastic belt region and the back elastic belt region; the front elastic belt region having an area of A1, the crotch region having an area of A2, the back elastic belt region having an area of A3, the front elastic belt region having a front placement distance L8, and the back elastic belt region having a back placement distance L9 according to the measurements herein; wherein the total of A1, A2 and A3 is from about 1250 cm2 to about 1400 cm2, and having a relationship of A3>A1>A2; and wherein the ratio of L8 to L9 is no more than about 0.8.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Ling Tong, Koichi Morimoto, Chunmin Cheng, Albert Choy So
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Patent number: 11642253Abstract: The present disclosure relates to wearable articles having an elastic belt having arrays of elastic bodies.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2020Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Koichi Morimoto, Ling Tong, Chunmin Cheng