Patents by Inventor Thorsten Rinnert
Thorsten Rinnert 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: 11938004Abstract: The present disclosure relates to absorbent articles having a waist gasketing element, with the gasketing element having an adhesive zone and one or more adhesive-free zones. At least a portion of the waist gasketing element is adhesively attached to a chassis of the absorbent article. Additionally, a portion of the waist gasketing element is mechanically attached to a portion of the absorbent article.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, Thorsten Rinnert, Urmish Popatlal Dalal, Darren Lee Goad, Michael Brian Quade, Jason Edward Naylor, Uwe Schneider, Thomas F. Gross
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Publication number: 20240050285Abstract: The present disclosure relates to absorbent articles having a waist gasketing element, with the gasketing element having an adhesive zone and one or more adhesive-free zones. At least a portion of the waist gasketing element is adhesively attached to a chassis of the absorbent article. Additionally, a portion of the waist gasketing element is mechanically attached to a portion of the absorbent article.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2023Publication date: February 15, 2024Inventors: Jeromy Thomas RAYCHECK, Thorsten RINNERT, Urmish Popatlal DALAL, Darren Lee GOAD, Michael Brian QUADE, Jason Edward NAYLOR, Uwe SCHNEIDER, Thomas F. GROSS
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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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Patent number: 11801169Abstract: The present disclosure relates to absorbent articles having a waist gasketing element, with the gasketing element having an adhesive zone and one or more adhesive-free zones. At least a portion of the waist gasketing element is adhesively attached to a chassis of the absorbent article. Additionally, a portion of the waist gasketing element is mechanically attached to a portion of the absorbent article. The bio-based content of the absorbent article is from about 5% to about 100% using ASTM D6866-10, method B.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Sarah Ann McCormick, Kevin Ronald Kanya, Dirk Saevecke, Sara Lyn Giovanni, Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, Thorsten Rinnert, Urmish Popatlal Dalal, Uwe Schneider
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Publication number: 20230310229Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to absorbent articles with waist panels forming a pocket and bonding arrangements defining reinforced zones. A waist panel may be connected with an absorbent chassis. The waist panel may be bonded with components in first and second zones of mechanical bonds in first and second lateral end regions. The waist panel may also be bonded with components in first and second zones of adhesive in the first and second lateral end regions. The first and second zones of adhesive may be adjacent the inboard lateral edge and may overlap the first and second mechanical bond zones. In addition, a third zone of adhesive adjacent the outboard lateral edge of the waist panel may bond the waist panel with the chassis. The mechanical bond zones may also overlap with the third zone of adhesive.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2023Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Tanner Laurie WILLIAMS, Keith Richard WILLHAUS, Jason Edward NAYLOR, Erin A. MAUTHNER, Thorsten RINNERT
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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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Publication number: 20220192896Abstract: The present disclosure relates to absorbent articles with waist panels configured with physical properties for mitigating assembly complications. In some configurations, a waist panel comprises a longitudinal bending stiffness with peak load of at least about 0.19 N; a machine direction web modulus at 2% of at least about 72 N/%; a tensile load at peak of at least about 7 N/cm, as measured according to a MD tensile test; and/or a thickness of least about 0.4 mm, as measured according to Thickness Test. Such physical properties may help prevent and/or reduce instances of manufacturing problems and/or defective products during assembly by: enhancing the ability to consistently cut desired machine direction lengths of waist panels; reducing the possibility of a waist panel to undesirably fold back onto itself during assembly; enhancing the ability to absorb heat without damage and more consistently transfer discrete elastic parts between transformation apparatuses.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Urmish Popatlal DALAL, Dinah HASSAN, Thorsten RINNERT, Christopher KRASEN, Jean Vittorio Seguro, Joseph Leslie GROLMES, Andrew Price PALMER, Fredrick William GIBSON, Luis Eduardo NUNEZ
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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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Patent number: 11273086Abstract: An absorbent article for personal hygiene comprising a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, an absorbent core and a fibrous layer. The absorbent core comprises a core wrap and an absorbent material with superabsorbent polymers. The core wrap comprises a top side and a bottom side bonded to one other through one or more areas substantially free of absorbent material. The fibrous layer is at least partially bonded to one of the sides of the core wrap in the area substantially free of absorbent material. When the absorbent material swells, the core wrap forms one or more channels along the area substantially free of absorbent material. The formation of the channel in the absorbent core causes the formation of one or more corresponding ditches in the fibrous layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2018Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Ernesto Gabriel Bianchi, Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger, Doris Hollenberg, Thorsten Rinnert
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Publication number: 20210128369Abstract: The present disclosure relates to absorbent articles having a waist gasketing element, with the gasketing element having an adhesive zone and one or more adhesive-free zones. At least a portion of the waist gasketing element is adhesively attached to a chassis of the absorbent article. Additionally, a portion of the waist gasketing element is mechanically attached to a portion of the absorbent article.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2020Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: Jeromy Thomas RAYCHECK, Thorsten RINNERT, Urmish Popatlal DALAL, Keith Richard WILLHAUS, Jason Edward NAYLOR, Michael Brian QUADE, Uwe SCHNEIDER, Thomas F. GROSS, Darren Lee GOAD
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Publication number: 20200375815Abstract: The present disclosure relates to absorbent articles having a waist gasketing element, with the gasketing element having an adhesive zone and one or more adhesive-free zones. At least a portion of the waist gasketing element is adhesively attached to a chassis of the absorbent article. Additionally, a portion of the waist gasketing element is mechanically attached to a portion of the absorbent article.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Jeromy Thomas RAYCHECK, Thorsten RINNERT, Urmish Popatlal DALAL
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Publication number: 20200375816Abstract: The present disclosure relates to absorbent articles having a waist gasketing element, with the gasketing element having an adhesive zone and one or more adhesive-free zones. At least a portion of the waist gasketing element is adhesively attached to a chassis of the absorbent article. Additionally, a portion of the waist gasketing element is mechanically attached to a portion of the absorbent article. The bio-based content of the absorbent article is from about 5% to about 100% using ASTM D6866-10, method B.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Sarah Ann McCormick, Kevin Ronald Kanya, Dirk Saevecke, Sara Lyn Giovanni, Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, Thorsten Rinnert, Urmish Popatlal Dalal, Uwe Schneider
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Patent number: 10806641Abstract: An absorbent structure comprising a planar substrate, an auxiliary glue applied on the substrate, an absorbent material comprising from 80% to 100% by weight of superabsorbent particles deposited on the substrate on an absorbent material deposition area comprising a pattern of absorbent material land areas separated by absorbent material-free junction areas, wherein the deposition area can be notionally divided in eight deposition zones of equal length along the longitudinal direction. A fibrous thermoplastic adhesive layer immobilizes at least some of the absorbent material. The absorbent material is profiled along the longitudinal direction so that at least one of the eight deposition zones is a zone of lower absorbent material amount and the auxiliary glue is absent, or present at a level of at least 50% by weight lower than the average amount of auxiliary glue in at least one of these zones of lower absorbent material amount.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2017Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Lutz Stelzig, Hans Adolf Jackels, Thomas Jarke, Thorsten Rinnert
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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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Patent number: 10137039Abstract: Substantially planar absorbent core comprising at least 80% and up to 100% by weight of superabsorbent polymer as absorbent material on an absorbent material deposition area and a core wrap. The absorbent material deposition area comprises at least one absorbent material-free channel-forming areas through which the top and bottom substrates of the core wrap are bonded together. An auxiliary glue is applied directly at least to the inner surface of the first substrate on an auxiliary glue application area. The auxiliary glue application area is smaller than the absorbent material deposition area and the core comprises at least one C-wrap seal along at least one edge, in particular along the two longitudinally extending edges of the core.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2014Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Lutz Stelzig, Hans Adolf Jackels, Thomas Jarke, Thorsten Rinnert
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Publication number: 20180333312Abstract: An absorbent article for personal hygiene comprising a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, an absorbent core and a fibrous layer. The absorbent core comprises a core wrap and an absorbent material with superabsorbent polymers. The core wrap comprises a top side and a bottom side bonded to one other through one or more areas substantially free of absorbent material. The fibrous layer is at least partially bonded to one of the sides of the core wrap in the area substantially free of absorbent material. When the absorbent material swells, the core wrap forms one or more channels along the area substantially free of absorbent material. The formation of the channel in the absorbent core causes the formation of one or more corresponding ditches in the fibrous layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2018Publication date: November 22, 2018Inventors: Ernesto Gabriel Bianchi, Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger, Doris Hollenberg, Thorsten Rinnert
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Patent number: 10071002Abstract: An absorbent article for personal hygiene comprising a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, an absorbent core and a fibrous layer. The absorbent core comprises a core wrap and an absorbent material with superabsorbent polymers. The core wrap comprises a top side and a bottom side bonded to one other through one or more areas substantially free of absorbent material. The fibrous layer is at least partially bonded to one of the sides of the core wrap in the area substantially free of absorbent material. When the absorbent material swells, the core wrap forms one or more channels along the area substantially free of absorbent material. The formation of the channel in the absorbent core causes the formation of one or more corresponding ditches in the fibrous layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2014Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Ernesto Gabriel Bianchi, Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger, Doris Hollenberg, Thorsten Rinnert
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Publication number: 20180228664Abstract: A line-up of at least three hygiene absorbent articles of different sizes, each article comprising a pair of fasteners separated by a wingspan (W) that can be fastened to a fastening area (44) on the front region of the article so that the front region and the waist region form a waist opening. The fastening area in the front region comprises an innermost pair of fastening indicia (A-A), an outermost pair of fastening indicia (C-C) and preferably at least one intermediate pair of fastening indicia (B-B). The outer waist circumference of the article of a given size matches within 30 mm the inner waist circumference of the article of the next upper size in the line-up, the circumferences being calculated by adding the wingspan and the spacing between the innermost pair or outermost pair of indicia respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Ting Hou, Thorsten Rinnert, Andrew James Sauer
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Publication number: 20180228675Abstract: A line-up of at least three hygiene absorbent articles of different sizes, each article comprising a pair of fasteners that can be fastened to a fastening area on the front region of the article so that the front region and the waist region form a waist opening. The fastening area in the front region comprises an innermost pair of fastening indicia (A-A), an outermost pair of fastening indicia (C-C) and preferably at least one intermediate pair of fastening indicia (B-B). The distance (spacing) between the innermost pair of fastening indicia increases with the size of the articles.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventors: Ting Hou, Thorsten Rinnert, Andrew James Sauer