Patents by Inventor Masashi Uda
Masashi Uda 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: 9730842Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing an absorbent article that has an improved ability to transfer menstrual blood from a liquid-permeable layer to an absorbent body and can reduce the amount of the menstrual blood remaining in the liquid-permeable layer. To solve this problem, provided is a sanitary napkin provided with a top sheet, a back sheet and an absorbent body that is interposed between the top sheet and the back sheet, wherein convex portions formed in an excretion orifice contact region of the top sheet are coated with a blood lubricity-imparting agent that has a kinetic viscosity of 0.01-80 mm2/s at 40° C., a water retention rate of 0.01-4.0 mass % and a weight-average molecular weight of less than 1,000.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2013Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Ichiro Wada, Masashi Nakashita, Masashi Uda
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Patent number: 9724249Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing an absorbent article that has an improved ability to transfer menstrual blood from a liquid-permeable layer to an absorbent body and can reduce the amount of the menstrual blood remaining in the liquid-permeable layer. To solve this problem, provided is a sanitary napkin provided with a top sheet, a back sheet and an absorbent body that is interposed between the top sheet and the back sheet, wherein convex portions formed in an excretion orifice contact region of the top sheet are coated with a blood lubricity-imparting agent that has a kinetic viscosity of 0.01-80 mm2/s at 40° C., a water retention rate of 0.01-4.0 mass % and a weight-average molecular weight of less than 1,000.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2013Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Ichiro Wada, Masashi Nakashita, Masashi Uda
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Publication number: 20170128283Abstract: Provided is an absorbent body for body fluid-absorbing articles, that is both soft and strong. The absorbent body for body fluid-absorbing articles: includes 100 parts by mass cellulose-based water-absorbent fibers and 7.5-100 parts by mass thermoplastic resin fibers; and has an apparent density of 0.06-0.14 g/cm3. The thermoplastic resin fibers having a fiber length longer than the cellulose-based water-absorbent fibers are twisted together. The absorbent body has compressed sections arranged in a repeated pattern. The compressed sections are characterized by having a Gurley bending resistance of no more than 1 mN as a result of not being fused.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Masashi UDA, Takashi MARUYAMA
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Patent number: 9623141Abstract: An absorbent article is provided with a liquid-permeable top sheet, a liquid-impermeable back sheet and an absorbent body between the top sheet and the back sheet. The top sheet has a non-woven fabric having multiple convex portions and multiple concave portions. The individual convex portions and concave portions contain a blood lubricity-imparting agent that has a kinetic viscosity of 0.01-80 mm2/s at 40° C., a water retention rate of 0.01-4.0 mass % and a weight-average molecular weight of less than 1,000. The amount of the blood lubricity-imparting agent at the top of the convex portions is larger than in the parts other than the top of the convex portions. The amount of the blood lubricity-imparting agent at the bottom of the concave portions is larger than in the parts other than the bottom of the concave portions.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2013Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATIONInventor: Masashi Uda
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Patent number: 9504767Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing an absorbent article that has an improved ability to transfer menstrual blood from a liquid-permeable layer to an absorbent body and can reduce the amount of the menstrual blood remaining in the liquid-permeable layer. To solve this problem, provided is a sanitary napkin provided with a top sheet, a back sheet and an absorbent body that is interposed between the top sheet and the back sheet, wherein convex portions formed in an excretion orifice contact region of the top sheet are coated with a blood lubricity-imparting agent that has a kinetic viscosity of 0.01-80 mm2/s at 40° C., a water retention rate of 0.01-4.0 mass % and a weight-average molecular weight of less than 1,000.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2013Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Ichiro Wada, Masashi Nakashita, Masashi Uda
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Patent number: 9492333Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of, in an absorbent article, maintaining at a certain level or lower the difference between the dry flexural rigidity and wet flexural rigidity [(dry flexural rigidity)?(wet flexural rigidity)] at a bonding part. To solve this problem, provided is a sanitary napkin which comprises a top sheet, a back sheet, an absorbent body that is interposed between the top sheet and the back sheet and a compressed part that unites the top sheet and the absorbent body in the thickness direction, wherein: the absorbent body contains a cellulose-based water absorbing fiber and a thermoplastic resin fiber, said thermoplastic resin fiber containing as a monomer component an unsaturated carboxylic acid, an unsaturated carboxylic acid anhydride or a mixture thereof; and the difference between the dry Gurley stiffness and wet Gurley stiffness of the compressed part is maintained at 2.5 mN/12.5 mm or lower.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2013Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Masashi Uda, Takashi Maruyama
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Patent number: 9339581Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a novel absorbent that comprises a water-absorbing cellulose-based fiber and a thermoplastic resin fiber, said thermoplastic resin fiber containing as a monomer component an unsaturated carboxylic acid or an unsaturated carboxylic acid anhydride, and has both a sufficient strength and a sufficient absorption property. The absorbent comprises a water-absorbing cellulose-based fiber and a thermoplastic resin fiber, said thermoplastic resin fiber containing as a monomer component an unsaturated carboxylic acid or an unsaturated carboxylic acid anhydride, wherein the mass ratio (the content of the water-absorbing cellulose-based fiber: the content of the thermoplastic resin fiber) is controlled to 90:10 to 50:50 and the density of the absorbent is controlled to 0.06 to 0.14 g/cm3.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2013Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Masashi Uda, Takashi Maruyama, Kenji Oba
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Publication number: 20150366726Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide an absorbent body that is both soft and resistant to twisting. The absorbent body of the present disclosure is as follows. An absorbent body for an absorbent article includes thermoplastic resin fibers and cellulose-based water-absorbing fibers, at least some of the thermoplastic resin fibers have a first section 6? exposed on a surface of the liquid-permeable layer side of the absorbent body, a second section 6? exposed on a surface of the liquid-impermeable layer side of the absorbent body and a joint section 6?? connecting the first section 6? and second section 6?, and the tensile strength in a thickness direction of the absorbent body is 100 Pa or greater.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2014Publication date: December 24, 2015Inventors: Yuki NODA, Masashi UDA, Takashi MARUYAMA
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Publication number: 20150297781Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing a novel absorbent that comprises a water-absorbing cellulose-based fiber and a thermoplastic resin fiber, said thermoplastic resin fiber containing as a monomer component an unsaturated carboxylic acid or an unsaturated carboxylic acid anhydride, and has both a sufficient strength and a sufficient absorption property. The absorbent comprises a water-absorbing cellulose-based fiber and a thermoplastic resin fiber, said thermoplastic resin fiber containing as a monomer component an unsaturated carboxylic acid or an unsaturated carboxylic acid anhydride, wherein the mass ratio (the content of the water-absorbing cellulose-based fiber: the content of the thermoplastic resin fiber) is controlled to 90:10 to 50:50 and the density of the absorbent is controlled to 0.06 to 0.14 g/cm3.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2013Publication date: October 22, 2015Inventors: Masashi Uda, Takashi Maruyama, Kenji Oba
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Publication number: 20150273105Abstract: An absorbent article is provided with a liquid-permeable top sheet, a liquid-impermeable back sheet and an absorbent body between the top sheet and the back sheet. The top sheet has a non-woven fabric having multiple convex portions and multiple concave portions. The individual convex portions and concave portions contain a blood lubricity-imparting agent that has a kinetic viscosity of 0.01-80 mm2/s at 40° C., a water retention rate of 0.01-4.0 mass % and a weight-average molecular weight of less than 1,000. The amount of the blood lubricity-imparting agent at the top of the convex portions is larger than in the parts other than the top of the convex portions. The amount of the blood lubricity-imparting agent at the bottom of the concave portions is larger than in the parts other than the bottom of the concave portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2013Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATIONInventor: Masashi Uda
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Publication number: 20150257947Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing an absorbent article that has an improved ability to transfer menstrual blood from a liquid-permeable layer to an absorbent body and can reduce the amount of the menstrual blood remaining in the liquid-permeable layer. To solve this problem, provided is a sanitary napkin provided with a top sheet, a back sheet and an absorbent body that is interposed between the top sheet and the back sheet, wherein convex portions formed in an excretion orifice contact region of the top sheet are coated with a blood lubricity-imparting agent that has a kinetic viscosity of 0.01-80 mm2/s at 40° C., a water retention rate of 0.01-4.0 mass % and a weight-average molecular weight of less than 1,000.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2013Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventors: Ichiro Wada, Masashi Nakashita, Masashi Uda
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Publication number: 20150250664Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of, in an absorbent article, preventing the leakage of fiber constituting an absorbent core from a non-covered region through a liquid-permeable layer, said leakage possibly occurring when the strength of the absorbent core is decreased due to liquid absorption. To solve this problem, provided is a sanitary napkin which comprises a top sheet, a back sheet and an absorbent core that is interposed between the top sheet and the back sheet, wherein: the absorbent core, which involves a non-covered region where the constituting fiber is exposed on the surface and in contact directly with the top sheet, contains a thermoplastic resin fiber, said thermoplastic resin fiber containing as a monomer component an unsaturated carboxylic acid, an unsaturated carboxylic acid anhydride or a mixture thereof, at a mixing ratio by mass to a cellulose-based water absorbent fiber of 1/9 or more; and the wet fiber fall-off rate of the absorbent core is controlled to 13.3% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2013Publication date: September 10, 2015Inventors: Masashi Uda, Takashi Maruyama
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Publication number: 20150250917Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing an absorbent article that has an improved ability to transfer menstrual blood from a liquid-permeable layer to an absorbent body and can reduce the amount of the menstrual blood remaining in the liquid-permeable layer. To solve this problem, provided is a sanitary napkin provided with a top sheet, a back sheet and an absorbent body that is interposed between the top sheet and the back sheet, wherein convex portions formed in an excretion orifice contact region of the top sheet are coated with a blood lubricity-imparting agent that has a kinetic viscosity of 0.01-80 mm2/s at 40° C., a water retention rate of 0.01-4.0 mass % and a weight-average molecular weight of less than 1,000.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2013Publication date: September 10, 2015Inventors: Ichiro Wada, Masashi Nakashita, Masashi Uda
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Patent number: 9125769Abstract: An absorbent article that includes an absorber capable of absorbing a body fluid of a user, a liquid-permeable sheet covering one surface of the absorber and allowing a body fluid of the user to pass through, and a liquid-impermeable sheet covering another surface of the absorber and disallowing a body fluid of the user to pass through, wherein the color of the liquid-permeable sheet has an L* value of 88 or more, an a* value of 0 to 0.3 and a b* value of ?8 to 0 in the L*a*b* color system, and the color of the absorber has a b* value of 1 to 5 and an L* value of 93 or more in the L*a*b* color system.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2011Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: Unicharm CorporationInventors: Masashi Uda, Toru Oba, Satoshi Mizutani
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Publication number: 20150238370Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of, in an absorbent article, maintaining at a certain level or lower the difference between the dry flexural rigidity and wet flexural rigidity [(dry flexural rigidity)?(wet flexural rigidity)] at a bonding part. To solve this problem, provided is a sanitary napkin which comprises a top sheet, a back sheet, an absorbent body that is interposed between the top sheet and the back sheet and a compressed part that unites the top sheet and the absorbent body in the thickness direction, wherein: the absorbent body contains a cellulose-based water absorbing fiber and a thermoplastic resin fiber, said thermoplastic resin fiber containing as a monomer component an unsaturated carboxylic acid, an unsaturated carboxylic acid anhydride or a mixture thereof; and the difference between the dry Gurley stiffness and wet Gurley stiffness of the compressed part is maintained at 2.5 mN/12.5 mm or lower.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2013Publication date: August 27, 2015Inventors: Masashi Uda, Takashi Maruyama
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Publication number: 20150230998Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing an absorbent article that has an improved ability to transfer menstrual blood from a liquid-permeable layer to an absorbent body and can reduce the amount of the menstrual blood remaining in the liquid-permeable layer. To solve this problem, provided is a sanitary napkin provided with a top sheet, a back sheet and an absorbent body that is interposed between the top sheet and the back sheet, wherein convex portions formed in an excretion orifice contact region of the top sheet are coated with a blood lubricity-imparting agent that has a kinetic viscosity of 0.01-80 mm2/s at 40° C., a water retention rate of 0.01-4.0 mass % and a weight-average molecular weight of less than 1,000.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2013Publication date: August 20, 2015Inventors: Ichiro Wada, Masashi Nakashita, Masashi Uda
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Publication number: 20150231000Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing an absorbent article that is provided with a liquid-permeable layer, said liquid-permeable layer having convex portions that are hollow inside, has an improved ability to transfer menstrual blood from the liquid-permeable layer to an absorbent body and can reduce the amount of the menstrual blood remaining in the liquid-permeable layer (in particular, the internal cavities in the convex portions). To solve this problem, provided is a sanitary napkin provided with a liquid-permeable top sheet, a liquid-impermeable back sheet and an absorbent body that is interposed between the top sheet and the back sheet, wherein convex portions, said convex portions being hollow inside and formed in an excretion orifice contact region of the top sheet, are coated with a blood lubricity-imparting agent that has a kinetic viscosity of 0.01-80 mm2/s at 40° C., a water retention rate of 0.01-4.0 mass % and a weight-average molecular weight of less than 1,000.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2013Publication date: August 20, 2015Inventor: Masashi Uda
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Publication number: 20150065978Abstract: The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an absorbent article in which a reduction in liquid absorbency caused by the hydrophobicity of thermoplastic resin fiber is prevented through the use of thermoplastic resin fiber that includes unsaturated carboxylic acid, unsaturated carboxylic acid anhydride, or a mixture of these as a monomer component. The present invention solves this problem by providing a sanitary napkin provided with a top sheet, a back sheet, and an absorbent body disposed between the top sheet and the back sheet. The absorbent body has an absorbent material layer that contains a cellulose-based hydrophilic fiber and a thermoplastic resin fiber that includes unsaturated carboxylic acid, unsaturated carboxylic acid anhydride, or a mixture of these as a monomer component in a mass ratio of 90:10 to 50:50. The top sheet has an integrated section that is heat-treated together with the absorbent material layer so as to be integrated with the absorbent material layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2013Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Masashi Uda, Takashi Maruyama, Kenji Oba, Ko Detani, Noritomo Kameda
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Patent number: 8771247Abstract: An absorbent article that is favorable in the erection stability of gathers and excels in transversal leakage preventing effects. A pair of gathers of an absorbent article has a three-dimensional configuration part. The three-dimensional configuration part is formed so as to construct a hollow. A first junction edge portion is formed on the inward side in the width direction of the absorbent article and a second junction edge portion is provided on the outward side in the width direction of the absorbent article. The first junction edge portion is located on the area of the surface layer on which the absorbent body is disposed. The second junction edge portion, in at least the area where the pair of wings are disposed, is located on the area of the surface layer and/or backside layer more outward in the width direction than the periphery of the absorbent body.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2008Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Takashi Nomoto, Masashi Uda, Hideaki Morita
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Patent number: 8758317Abstract: An absorbent article that realizes favorable erection of gathers and excels in transversal leakage preventing effects. There is disclosed a vertically long absorbent article comprising a surface layer with surface sheet (2), a backside layer with backside sheet (3), an absorbent layer with absorbent body (4) interposed therebetween and a pair of gathers (5,5) formed of a sheetlike member (9) so as to have a hollow on both the side areas of the surface layer in the longitudinal direction thereof. The pair of gathers (5,5) in the state of having a three-dimensional configuration part (10) wherein the sheetlike member (9) makes a convex on the external surface side of the absorbent article in the thickness direction thereof are joined to the surface layer and/or backside layer by a junction portion (11) provided so as to extend in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent article. The three-dimensional configuration part (10) is provided so as to construct a hollow.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2008Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Takashi Nomoto, Masashi Uda, Hideaki Morita, Kenji Ohba, Yuichi Suzuki