Patents by Inventor Uwe Bernhuber

Uwe Bernhuber 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).

  • Publication number: 20220023116
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an absorbent core for sanitary products with an absorption matrix which comprises a high proportion of super-absorbing particles, and an absorbent core cover for enveloping the absorption matrix, wherein the absorbent core cover comprises at least one upper side sheet and one bottom side sheet, and the absorbent core cover comprises at least one connection region spaced apart from the edge of the absorbent core in which the upper side sheet and the bottom side sheet are connected to each other. Here, at least the upper side sheet of the absorbent core cover is embodied as a fleece composite with a fixing layer with a low permeability to retain the particles in the absorption matrix, and a transfer layer for acquiring fluid. Moreover, the invention relates to a sanitary product having such an absorbent core, the use of a fleece composite as an absorbent core cover, and a method for manufacturing a fleece composite for the upper side sheet of the absorbent core cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Martin Schuberth, Uwe Bernhuber
  • Patent number: 10857042
    Abstract: Disclosed is a nonwoven laminate having a texture for improved absorption and distribution of body liquids in sanitary products. The absorption and distribution effect is caused by perforations distributed in a pattern-like manner in combination with elevations present on one side of the nonwoven laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: SANDLER AG
    Inventors: Andreas Burger, Uwe Bernhuber, Wolfgang Höflich
  • Publication number: 20190240083
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a multi-layer liquid absorption and distribution nonwoven fabric for hygiene products, which has a topside facing the user in hygiene products and an underside facing the absorbent core in hygiene products, the fiber blend of the nonwoven fabric forming the underside having a lower average fiber titer than the fiber blend of the nonwoven fabric forming the topside. The bond between the topside and the underside is purely thermal. The topside consists of a fiber blend of 50 to 100% by weight of melting fibers with 50 to 0% by weight of matrix fibers. The underside consists of a blend of 50 to 80% by weight of absorbent fibers with 50 to 20% by weight of melting fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Uwe Bernhuber, Martin Schuberth, Marco Damke, Andreas Burger
  • Patent number: 10316445
    Abstract: The invention relates to an extensible non-woven, in particular, cover sheet material for a multi-layer laminate comprising hydroentangled staple fibers, where the non-woven contains 5 to 25 wt % of binder fibers made of thermoplastic material, in particular 10-15 wt % of binder fibers, and is in addition to hydroentanglement thermally bonded. Furthermore, the invention relates to an elastic multi-layer laminate for use in an elastic component for personal hygiene products composed of elastic base material covered on one or both sides by cover material, where the cover material is formed from extensible non-woven fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: SANDLER AG
    Inventors: Uwe Bernhuber, Alexander Obermoser
  • Publication number: 20180177646
    Abstract: Disclosed is a nonwoven laminate having a texture for improved absorption and distribution of body liquids in sanitary products. The absorption and distribution effect is caused by perforations distributed in a pattern-like manner in combination with elevations present on one side of the nonwoven laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Andreas Burger, Uwe Bernhuber, Wolfgang Höflich
  • Publication number: 20170037551
    Abstract: The invention relates to an extensible non-woven, in particular, cover sheet material for a multi-layer laminate comprising hydroentangled staple fibers, where the non-woven contains 5 to 25 wt % of binder fibers made of thermoplastic material, in particular 10-15 wt % of binder fibers, and is in addition to hydroentanglement thermally bonded. Furthermore, the invention relates to an elastic multi-layer laminate for use in an elastic component for personal hygiene products composed of elastic base material covered on one or both sides by cover material, where the cover material is formed from extensible non-woven fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Inventors: Uwe Bernhuber, Alexander Obermoser
  • Publication number: 20110151739
    Abstract: The present invention provides an activatable precursor of an elastic composite laminate web having a machine direction and a cross direction comprising an elastic film, a first non-woven web and a first layer of adhesive therebetween, said layer of adhesive comprising in CD two edge regions and an intermediate region between the two edge regions extending in MD, said layer of adhesive exhibiting an adhesive pattern so that the mean adhesive surface coverage measured in the cross direction comprises at least one maximum in each of the edge regions and at least one maximum proximate the center of the intermediate region and/or the center line of the web, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Manfred Bosler, Jobst T. Jaeger, Uwe Bernhuber
  • Publication number: 20100104830
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an activatable zero strain composite laminate web comprising an activatable elastic laminate web having an elastic core layer and at least one skin layer which is less elastic than the core layer, and at least one pre-bonded staple fiber nonwoven web which is attached to one of the skin layers of the elastic laminate web, the at least one staple fiber nonwoven web having an elongation at break of at least 100% in the cross-direction and said activatable elastic laminate web forming an essentially homogeneous microtextured surface when stretched in the first upload in the cross-direction past the elastic limit of the one or more skin layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventors: Jobst T. Jaeger, Dieter Jung, Uwe Bernhuber, Wolfgang Höflich, Walter Tesch