Patents by Inventor Andreas Peiffer

Andreas Peiffer 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: 20220400819
    Abstract: The present invention relates to rolls of an elongated material and to methods of manufacturing fastening tabs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Siegfried R. Gabriel, Peter Kitzer, Andreas Peiffer
  • Publication number: 20220151843
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a diaper fastening tab (10) comprising a user's end (70) to be gripped by a user, an opposite manufacturer's end (80), a first and a second major surface, a user's end portion (50) adjacent to the user's end (70), a manufacturer's end portion (60) adjacent to the manufacturer's end (80), wherein the user's end portion (50) comprises on the first major surface a first and at least one second strip (30), (40) of mechanical fastening elements (32), (42) each with a different peel strength as measured according to ASTM D 5170-98, wherein a first strip (30) with a higher peel strength is located towards the user's end (70) and at least one second strip (40) with a lower peel strength is located towards the manufacturer's end (80). The present disclosure further relates to a roll (110) of diaper fastening tape (120) from which such diaper fastening tabs (100) can be obtained as well as to a diaper (150) comprising such a diaper fastening tab (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Volker Hauschildt, Yavuz Genç, Andreas Peiffer
  • Patent number: 10548783
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improved fastening tabs, in particular to fastening tabs for disposable absorbent articles such as diapers or sanitary napkins. The fastening tab generally comprises a substrate and a first adhesive on the substrate. The substrate has at least one fastening region comprising one or more patches of a fastening material attached to the substrate. Each of the patches comprising a plurality of fastening elements, and exposed areas between the patches of fastening material that are free of fastening material. The first adhesive is adjacent to at least one fastening region. The first adhesive has a first tackiness and the exposed areas of the have a second tackiness. The second tackiness is lower than the first tackiness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Andreas Peiffer, Siegfried R. Gabriel
  • Publication number: 20170100288
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improved fastening tabs, in particular to fastening tabs for disposable absorbent articles such as diapers or sanitary napkins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Andreas Peiffer, Siegfried R. Gabriel
  • Publication number: 20170079384
    Abstract: The present invention relates to rolls of an elongated material and to methods of manufacturing fastening tabs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Siegfried R. Gabriel, Peter Kitzer, Andreas Peiffer
  • Publication number: 20160143792
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a web comprising a fastening material, to a method of manufacturing such a web, to a sonotrode adapted to bond a fastening material to a non-woven material and to the use of such a sonotrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventor: Andreas Peiffer