Patents by Inventor Yuri Kurata

Yuri Kurata 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).

  • Top sheet of hygroscopic article, hygrosocopic article using the top sheet, and selection and evaluation method for top sheet
    Publication number: 20050288642
    Abstract: The topsheet of a absorbent article improved dry feeling, and an evaluation/selection method for a topsheet improved in dry feeling. The liquid-permeable topsheet of a absorbent article, characterized in that a contact cool feeling during a wet condition as measured in a maximum heat transfer quantity (q-max value) is less than 1.1 kw/m2 on the side contacting the skin oft wearer of the topsheet, and a q-max value on the side contacting the absorbent article is larger than a q-max value on the side contacting the skin of a wearer with the difference of at least 0.5 kw/cm2. An evaluation/selection method for the topsheet of a absorbent article excellent in dry feeling using a q-max value during a wet condition as an index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Publication date: December 29, 2005
    Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuri Kurata, Junko Sato, Nobuhiro Kurata, Yozo Yamada, Takayuki Hisanaka, Sonoko Ishimaru, Hisao Nishinaka
  • Absorbent article
    Patent number: 6653521
    Abstract: Provided is an absorbent article including a liquid-permeable top sheet facing the liquid-receiving side, a hydrophobic sheet and a liquid-absorbing layer located between the top sheet and the hydrophobic sheet. Furthermore, a deodorant is disposed on the outer side of the hydrophobic sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Yuri Kurata, Nobuhiro Kurata