Patents by Inventor Jun Kudo
Jun Kudo 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: 7959622Abstract: A sanitary napkin includes a liquid-permeable topsheet, a backsheet, and a liquid-absorbent layer disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The liquid-absorbent layer has a vagina-facing region on a longitudinal centerline of the sanitary napkin and side regions on both sides of the vagina-facing region. The liquid-absorbent layer has a greater thickness and a greater bending stiffness in the vagina-facing region than in the side regions to provide hinge lines along boundaries between the vagina-facing region and the side regions.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2006Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Jun Kudo, Takuya Miyama
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Publication number: 20110125117Abstract: An absorbent article having a napkin body (2) comprising as the essentials a liquid-permeable top sheet (3), a liquid-impermeable back sheet (4), and a liquid-absorbing member (5) placed between the top sheet (3) and the back sheet (4), wherein a removable cover sheet (20A) having a length and a width which do not exceed respectively the length and width of the napkin body (2) is provided on the top sheet (3) side of the napkin body (2) in contact with the top sheet (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2009Publication date: May 26, 2011Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATIONInventor: Jun Kudo
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Patent number: 7927567Abstract: An adsorbent including a porous member having holes and a nanostructure formed on at least a portion of a surface of the porous member, and an air cleaning device including the adsorbent. A porous filter including a porous member having holes and a nanostructure formed on at least a portion of a surface of the porous member, and an air cleaning device including the porous filter. A method of cleaning air for decomposing a hazardous substance using the porous filter and a decomposition gas including a superheated water vapor. A method of manufacturing a porous filter including the steps of growing a nanostructure on at least a portion of a surface of a porous member having holes, allowing a catalyst particle to be contained in a dispersion gas including a superheated water vapor, and spraying the dispersion gas on a surface of the nanostructure to attach the catalyst particle thereto.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2005Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mikihiro Yamanaka, Jun Kudo, Keita Hara
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Publication number: 20110046596Abstract: An absorbent article has a top layer, a bottom layer, an absorbent core and a pair of leak-barrier walls. Each leak-barrier wall has a proximal wall section, a first elastic overhang section extending outward in a transverse direction from around the upper end of the proximal wall section, and a second elastic overhang section formed below the first overhang section so as to extend outward in the transverse direction from around the upper end of the proximal wall section. The second overhang section has a stiffness higher than that of the first overhang section.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2008Publication date: February 24, 2011Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Jun Kudo, Hideyuki Kinoshita, Akira Hashino
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Patent number: 7883563Abstract: A composite honeycomb structure in which the honeycomb structure is highly functionalized and adapted to have catalytic function, considering pressure loss is provided. A honeycomb structure having average pore diameter of 5 to 200 ?m and specific surface area of 100 to 1500 m2/g is provided. Further, a translucent honeycomb structure and a photocatalyst-carrying translucent honeycomb structure having a photocatalyst carried on a surface of the translucent honeycomb structure and/or contained in the translucent honeycomb structure are provided. Further, an air cleaner and a water purifier using the honeycomb structure and the photocatalyst-carrying translucent honeycomb structure are provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2006Date of Patent: February 8, 2011Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Kyoto UniversityInventors: Tomohisa Kawata, Mikihiro Yamanaka, Jun Kudo, Hajime Tamon, Shin Mukai
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Patent number: 7857797Abstract: Disclosed is a sanitary napkin including a liquid absorbent layer and a liquid-permeable topsheet covering a body surface of the liquid absorbent layer. The topsheet is joined to the liquid absorbent layer in a specific pattern. The pattern includes longitudinal join lines which extend longitudinally and are laterally spaced from each other and a connecting join line which connects the longitudinal join lines. The liquid absorbent layer has a low stiffness portion in a region enclosed by the longitudinal join lines and the connecting join line. The liquid absorbent layer has a lower stiffness in the low stiffness portion than in portions outside the longitudinal join lines.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2005Date of Patent: December 28, 2010Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Jun Kudo, Takuya Miyama
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Publication number: 20100280475Abstract: An absorbent article is provided that is likely to be in close contact with user's body.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2008Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Jun Kudo, Hideyuki Kinoshita, Akira Hashino
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Patent number: 7767442Abstract: A biochemical sensor capable of detecting a prescribed target substance in a specimen in a short time period with high sensitivity and measuring the amount thereof has a surface and a rear surface, and channels formed from the surface to the rear surface, allowing influx of the specimen. An inner circumferential surface of the channels is formed of porous material. The porous material carries, in its pores, functional substance having a function of forming a reactant by the interaction with the target substance.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2006Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Jun Kudo, Tomohisa Kawata, Mikihiro Yamanaka
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Publication number: 20100152696Abstract: An absorbent article having an absorbent body capable following movement of the wear's body. An auxiliary pad is a pad used along with a base absorbent body and has a pad side absorbent body as a pad side absorption layer, a surface side layer as a liquid permeable surface side sheet placed on one side in the thickness direction of the pad side absorption section, and pad side engagement sections as engagement means placed on the other side of the pad side absorption section.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2007Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Jun Kudo, Akira Hashino
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Publication number: 20100145296Abstract: Provided is an absorptive article having absorption elements capable of following the body of a user. This absorptive article (1) comprises a generally rectangular base absorption element (2), a top absorption element (3) disposed on one surface of the base absorption element (2) at substantially lateral center of the base absorption element (2) and along the longitudinal direction of the base absorption element (2), and a fixing part (4) for fixing the base absorption element (2) to the top absorption element (3) so that at least one end of the top absorption element (3) in the longitudinal direction thereof is made to be a free end (31). A temporary locking part (5) for restricting the movement of the top absorption element (3) is provided on the top absorption element (3) near a free end part (32) thereof at least before application of the absorptive article to the body of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2007Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Jun Kudo, Akira Hashino
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Publication number: 20100121302Abstract: The invention provides an absorbent article that can be easily worn. This absorbent article is an absorbent article that is worn by a user, comprising: a main body section of the absorbent article; and an absorbent body that has an absorbent member absorbing fluid, that has a longitudinal direction, a width direction, and a thickness direction, that is superposed on a face of the main body section on a user side, whose one end section in the longitudinal direction is joined to the main body section on a first joined section, and whose another end section in the longitudinal direction is joined to the main body section on a second joined section, wherein a length of the absorbent body between the first joined section and the second joined section is equal to or more than a length of the main body section between the first joined section and the second joined section.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Akira Hashino, Jun Kudo, Hideyuki Kinoshita
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Publication number: 20100121303Abstract: An absorbent article that is worn by a user, including: a main body section of the absorbent article; an absorbent body that includes an absorbent member absorbing liquid, that has a longitudinal direction, a width direction, and a thickness direction, that is superposed on a user side of the main body section, whose one end section of the longitudinal direction is joined to the main body section at a first joined section, and whose another end section of the longitudinal direction is joined to the main body section at a second joined section; and a restricting member that is disposed between the first joined section and the second joined section in the longitudinal direction, and that restricts relative shifting between the main body section and the absorbent body when the main body section and the absorbent body that are superposed are folded.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2008Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Jun Kudo, Hideyuki Kinoshita, Akira Hashino
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Publication number: 20100106125Abstract: To provide an absorbent article or the like including an absorbent body with a large absorption capacity and that is easy to place in the buttocks or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2008Publication date: April 29, 2010Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Jun Kudo, Hideyuki Kinoshita, Akira Hashino
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Patent number: 7696402Abstract: An absorbent article includes a compressed groove provided on a body-side surface of a sanitary napkin includes a pair of lateral groove segments extending substantially in the longitudinal direction symmetrically about a longitudinal center line and a pair of rear groove segments converging rearward from respective rear ends of the pair of lateral groove segments so that the compressed groove as a whole presents an elongated shape which is angular rearward. The rear side groove segment has a curve conforming, in the vicinity of its rear end, with an arc of a circle having a predetermined radius and inscribed to the rear side groove segment. A bottom covering region extending rearward from the rear end of the rear groove segment has a predetermined thickness and is adapted to be folded along the longitudinal center line so that the bottom covering region can become convex on the side of the body-side surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2006Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Kumiko Nishikawa, Jun Kudo, Takuya Miyama, Chiemi Habu
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Publication number: 20100086439Abstract: A chemical substance sensing element 142 for detecting a specific chemical substance included in biological information includes a carbon nanostructure and, because of metal complex or a fluorescent molecule modifying its surface, exhibits substance selectivity and high sensitivity. Of the substances modifying the surface of carbon nanostructures, CoPc reacts with NO and pentane and DAF-2 reacts with NO, as the components contained in the biological information, respectively, and both produce reaction products. The reaction product derived from CoPc changes electric resistance between nodes 154 and 156, and the reaction product derived from DAF-2 generates fluorescence of a specific wavelength when irradiated with excitation light. Therefore, by measuring the change in electric resistance or presence/absence and wavelength of fluorescent of the present element, sensing of NO or pentane is possible.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2008Publication date: April 8, 2010Inventors: Mikihiro Yamanaka, Katsutoshi Takao, Tomohisa Kawata, Norie Matsui, Shuhji Nishiura, Keita Hara, Yasuaki Murashi, Jun Kudo
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Publication number: 20100076392Abstract: To provide an absorbent article that is small and can effectively absorb fluid. The absorbent article includes: an absorbent body having a fluid-absorbent member for absorbing fluid; and an absorbent article main body on which the absorbent body is overlapped with along a longitudinal direction, in which the fluid-absorbent member of the absorbent body is projected in the longitudinal direction from an outer circumferential edge of the absorbent article main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2007Publication date: March 25, 2010Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATIONInventor: Jun KUDO
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Publication number: 20100036354Abstract: The invention provides an absorbent article that is small and that can be easily worn by a user and a method for producing the absorbent article. The absorbent article that is used in abutment against a user's body includes: an absorbent body for absorbing fluid; and an absorbent-article main body whose face on a side close to the user's body in use is joined to the absorbent body. The absorbent body has a longitudinal direction, a width direction, and a thickness direction. One end section of the absorbent body in the longitudinal direction is undetachably joined to the absorbent-article main body, and another end section of the absorbent body in the longitudinal direction is detachably joined to a portion inside an outer edge of the absorbent-article main body. The absorbent body has a non-joined section that is not joined to the absorbent-article main body, between the joined section on a side close to the other end section and the outer edge of the absorbent-article main body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2007Publication date: February 11, 2010Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Jun Kudo, Hideyuki Kinoshita, Akira Hashino
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Publication number: 20100010463Abstract: The invention includes an absorbent article 1 in which an undergarment 90 can be prevented from getting dirty with fluid that has been absorbed by an absorbent body 20, without a decrease in the amount of fluid that can be absorbed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2007Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Jun Kudo, Hideyuki Kinoshita, Akira Hashino
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Publication number: 20090306618Abstract: Provided is an absorptive article having absorption elements capable of following the body of a user. This absorptive article comprises a generally rectangular base absorption element, a top absorption element disposed on one surface of the base absorption element at substantially lateral center of the base absorption element and along the longitudinal direction of the base absorption element, and a fixing part for fixing the base absorption element to the top absorption element so that at least one end of the top absorption element in the longitudinal direction thereof is made to be a free end. The flexural rigidity and the compression hardness of the top absorption element are set within appropriate ranges, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2007Publication date: December 10, 2009Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATIONInventors: Jun Kudo, Akira Hashino
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Patent number: 7628777Abstract: An absorbent article is elongated to have longitudinally opposed front and rear edges and transversely opposed left and right edges. The absorbent article includes a stack of: a backsheet having a liquid barrier effect; a liquid absorbent layer; a hydrophilic intermediate sheet including fibers; and a hydrophilic topsheet including fibers. The absorbent article has a central region of a predetermined width, which is spaced apart from the left and right edges and formed with a plurality of liquid passage holes continuously extending from the topsheet to the intermediate sheet.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2002Date of Patent: December 8, 2009Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Hideki Kondo, Jun Kudo