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).

  • Patent number: 11938004
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, Thorsten Rinnert, Urmish Popatlal Dalal, Darren Lee Goad, Michael Brian Quade, Jason Edward Naylor, Uwe Schneider, Thomas F. Gross
  • Publication number: 20240050285
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Jeromy Thomas RAYCHECK, Thorsten RINNERT, Urmish Popatlal DALAL, Darren Lee GOAD, Michael Brian QUADE, Jason Edward NAYLOR, Uwe SCHNEIDER, Thomas F. GROSS
  • Patent number: 11813152
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ernesto Gabriel Bianchi, Jose Mauricio Berrizbeitia, Thorsten Rinnert, Eric Robert Schurdak
  • Patent number: 11801169
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Sarah Ann McCormick, Kevin Ronald Kanya, Dirk Saevecke, Sara Lyn Giovanni, Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, Thorsten Rinnert, Urmish Popatlal Dalal, Uwe Schneider
  • Publication number: 20230310229
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Tanner Laurie WILLIAMS, Keith Richard WILLHAUS, Jason Edward NAYLOR, Erin A. MAUTHNER, Thorsten RINNERT
  • Publication number: 20220273503
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Ernesto Gabriel BIANCHI, Jose Mauricio BERRIZBEITIA, Thorsten RINNERT, Eric Robert SCHURDAK
  • Publication number: 20220192896
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Urmish Popatlal DALAL, Dinah HASSAN, Thorsten RINNERT, Christopher KRASEN, Jean Vittorio Seguro, Joseph Leslie GROLMES, Andrew Price PALMER, Fredrick William GIBSON, Luis Eduardo NUNEZ
  • Patent number: 11364159
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ernesto Gabriel Bianchi, Jose Mauricio Berrizbeitia, Thorsten Rinnert, Eric Robert Schurdak
  • Patent number: 11273086
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ernesto Gabriel Bianchi, Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger, Doris Hollenberg, Thorsten Rinnert
  • Publication number: 20210128369
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: 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
  • Publication number: 20200375815
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Jeromy Thomas RAYCHECK, Thorsten RINNERT, Urmish Popatlal DALAL
  • Publication number: 20200375816
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Sarah Ann McCormick, Kevin Ronald Kanya, Dirk Saevecke, Sara Lyn Giovanni, Jeromy Thomas Raycheck, Thorsten Rinnert, Urmish Popatlal Dalal, Uwe Schneider
  • Patent number: 10806641
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Lutz Stelzig, Hans Adolf Jackels, Thomas Jarke, Thorsten Rinnert
  • Publication number: 20190224055
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Ernesto Gabriel BIANCHI, Jose Mauricio BERRIZBEITIA, Thorsten RINNERT, Eric Robert SCHURDAK
  • Patent number: 10285876
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ernesto Gabriel Bianchi, Jose Mauricio Berrizbeitia, Thorsten Rinnert, Eric Robert Schurdak
  • Patent number: 10137039
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Lutz Stelzig, Hans Adolf Jackels, Thomas Jarke, Thorsten Rinnert
  • Publication number: 20180333312
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: Ernesto Gabriel Bianchi, Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger, Doris Hollenberg, Thorsten Rinnert
  • Patent number: 10071002
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Ernesto Gabriel Bianchi, Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger, Doris Hollenberg, Thorsten Rinnert
  • Publication number: 20180228664
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Ting Hou, Thorsten Rinnert, Andrew James Sauer
  • Publication number: 20180228675
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Ting Hou, Thorsten Rinnert, Andrew James Sauer