Patents by Inventor Koichi Morimoto

Koichi Morimoto 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: 10624797
    Abstract: An article with the entirety of the length of the belt side edge of the front belt seamed with a certain length of the belt side edge of the back belt to define a seam length LS. The front and back belts may each be divided into 4 zones extending in the transverse direction and defined by its location from the distal edge to the proximal edge relative to the percentage of the seam length LS where: 0-25% is the waist zone, 25-50% is the distal tummy zone, 50-85% is the proximal tummy zone, and 85-100% is the leg zone. The tensile stress of the front leg zone may be no more than 50% of the tensile stress of the front proximal tummy zone, and the tensile stress of the back leg zone may be no more than 100% of the tensile stress of the back proximal tummy zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Koichi Morimoto, Ling Tong, Chunmin Cheng, Masaharu Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 10624798
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wearable article comprising a main body and a ring-like elastic belt comprising a front belt and a back belt. At least some of the elastic bodies may be arranged in at least 2 sets of a concentrated array defined as meeting: a) one concentrated array is formed by 2-4 elastic bodies; b) each elastic body within one concentrated array is disposed in an inner-interval between each elastic body of 2-4 mm; and c) one specific concentrated array disposed in an extra-interval between at least one neighboring elastic body outside the specific concentrated array of less than 8 mm. The entirety of the length of the belt side edge of the front belt may be seamed with a certain length of the belt side edge of the back belt to define a seam length LS. The front and back belts may each divided into 4 zones wherein at least 2 concentrated arrays are disposed on each of the front waist zone, the back waist zone, and the front leg zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Koichi Morimoto, Ling Tong, Chunmin Cheng
  • Patent number: 10624799
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to wearable articles having an elastic belt having arrays of elastic bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Koichi Morimoto, Ling Tong, Chunmin Cheng
  • Patent number: 10610420
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wearable article 20 comprising a main body 38 and a ring-like elastic belt 40 comprising a front belt 84 and a back belt 86 formed by a plurality of elastic bodies, at least some of the elastic bodies removed of its elasticity by an elastic cut window; the front and back belt each having a set of elastic cut windows, the transverse width of the elastic body having the longest length removed of its elasticity defined as a maximum elastic cut window 24W; wherein the maximum elastic cut window of the back belt is greater than the maximum elastic cut window of the front belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Koichi Morimoto, Kaoru Ishihara, Sarah Marie Wade, LeAnn Nichole Phillips
  • Publication number: 20200085633
    Abstract: Disclosed is an absorbent article comprising a front elastic belt region having a front absorbent core stiffness edge wherein a distance from a distal edge to the front absorbent core stiffness edge defines a length L2 no greater than about 77 mm, wherein the front elastic belt region is divided into 3 zones extending in the transverse direction and defined by its location from the distal edge wherein; 0-50% of L2 is a Zone 1, 50-100% of L2 is a Zone 2, and the remainder of the front elastic belt region is a Zone 3; wherein Zone 1 has a Vertical Stiffness Z1, Zone 2 has a Vertical Stiffness of Z2, and Zone 3 has a Vertical Stiffness of Z3, and wherein Z1<Z2<Z3; wherein the article having a Stretch Circumference Force and a Full Circumference, wherein the ratio of Stretch Circumference Force to Full Circumference is less than about 0.01 (N/mm).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Chunmin Cheng, Hui Liu, Koichi Morimoto, Ling Tong
  • Publication number: 20200085645
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wearable article continuous in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction comprising a front elastic belt region, a back elastic belt region, a crotch region, a waist opening and two leg openings; the crotch region extending longitudinally between the front elastic belt region and the back elastic belt region; the front elastic belt region having an area of A1, the crotch region having an area of A2, the back elastic belt region having an area of A3, the front elastic belt region having a front placement distance L8, and the back elastic belt region having a back placement distance L9 according to the measurements herein; wherein the total of A1, A2 and A3 is from about 1250 cm2 to about 1400 cm2, and having a relationship of A3>A1>A2; and wherein the ratio of L8 to L9 is no more than about 0.8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Ling Tong, Koichi Morimoto, Chunmin Cheng, Albert Choy So
  • Publication number: 20200085644
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wearable article continuous in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction comprising a front elastic belt region, a back elastic belt region, a crotch region, a waist opening and two leg openings; the crotch region extending longitudinally between the front elastic belt region and the back elastic belt region; the front elastic belt region having an area of A1, the crotch region having an area of A2, the back elastic belt region having an area of A3, according to the measurements herein; wherein the total of A1, A2 and A3 is less than about 1500 cm2, and having a relationship of A2>A3 or A222 A1; wherein the article is a Size 4 baby diaper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Ling Tong, Koichi Morimoto, Chunmin Cheng
  • Patent number: 10568782
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to wearable articles having an elastic belt having arrays of elastic bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Koichi Morimoto, Ling Tong, Chunmin Cheng
  • Publication number: 20200054505
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fastening member comprising a base pane, a closure member extending laterally from the base panel, the closure member comprising a closure member upper edge and a closure member lower edge, and a fastening element disposed on the closure member, the fastening element comprising a fastening element upper edge and a fastening element lower edge, wherein the closure member upper edge comprises a concave portion along the fastening element upper edge and the closure member lower edge comprises a convex portion along the fastening element lower edge, and wherein the closure member extends upwardly laterally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: He SU, Koichi MORIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20190374402
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wearable article continuous in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction comprising an elastic belt region, a crotch region, a waist opening and two leg openings; wherein the elastic belt region is a laminate comprising an inner sheet made of nonwoven fiber, and an outer sheet made of nonwoven fiber, and a plurality of elastic bodies configured to stretch the elastic belt region in the transverse direction, wherein the article has a Compression Work index of at least about 70 gfcm and a Stretch Circumference Force of less than about 6.5N according to the measurements herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Koichi MORIMOTO, Hui LIU
  • Publication number: 20190374403
    Abstract: Disclosed is an absorbent article continuous in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction comprising a front elastic belt region, a back elastic belt region, a crotch region, a waist opening and two leg openings; the front and back elastic belt regions being a laminate comprising an inner sheet made of nonwoven fiber, and an outer sheet made of nonwoven fiber, and a plurality of elastic bodies configured to stretch the front and back elastic belt regions in the transverse direction, the outer sheet having a material caliper of at least about 0.25 mm at 500.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Xuechun WANG, Koichi MORIMOTO, Hui LIU
  • Publication number: 20190374399
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wearable article continuous in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction comprising an elastic belt region, a crotch region, a waist opening and two leg openings; the elastic belt region is a laminate comprising an inner sheet made of nonwoven fiber, and an outer sheet made of nonwoven fiber, and a plurality of elastic bodies configured to stretch the elastic belt region in the transverse direction, the crotch region comprises an outer cover layer at the most garment facing side, the outer cover layer being the same material as the outer sheet; wherein the outer sheet has a Compression Work of more than about 550 gfmm, a Compression Average Rigidity of less than about 500 gf/mm3, a Surface Roughness Wavelength of more than about 1.7 mm, and a Glossiness of less than about 5.3, the Compression Work, the Compression Average Rigidity, the Surface Roughness Wavelength and the Glossiness according to the measurements herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Koichi MORIMOTO, Hui LIU, Xu GAO
  • Publication number: 20190374400
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wearable article continuous in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction comprising an elastic belt region, a crotch region, a waist opening and two leg openings; wherein the elastic belt region is a laminate comprising an inner sheet made of nonwoven fiber, and an outer sheet made of nonwoven fiber, and a plurality of elastic strands configured to stretch the elastic belt region in the transverse direction; wherein at least about 24 elastic strands are disposed on the elastic belt region; and the article meets the formula of: LC<0.38CW-18; wherein LC is the Drapability index (%) according to the measurements herein, CW is the Compression Work index (gfcm) according to the measurements herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Koichi MORIMOTO, Hui LIU
  • Publication number: 20190374406
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wearable article continuous in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction comprising a body-facing surface and a garment-facing surface; wherein at least a portion of the garment-facing surface is a nonwoven substrate material made of fibers having a Roughness (standard deviation of the grayscale image) of at least about 16, preferably at least about 18, more preferably at least about 20; and a fiber diameter of no more than about 22 ?m, preferably no more than about 17 ?m, more preferably no more than about 15 ?m, according to the measurements herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Koichi Morimoto, Meng Chen, Lili Sun
  • Patent number: 10449095
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wearable article 20 comprising a main body 38 and a ring-like elastic belt 40 comprising a front belt and a back belt each formed by an inner sheet, an outer sheet, and a plurality of elastic bodies sandwiched therebetween and running in the transverse direction substantially parallel to each other, and at least a portion of the elasticity of at least some of the elastic bodies are removed of its elasticity, the transverse width of the elastic body having the longest length removed of its elasticity defined as a maximum elastic cut window; wherein the length of the article along the longitudinal axis is from 300 mm to 440 mm; and the maximum elastic cut window is less than 100 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Koichi Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20190274897
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wearable article continuous in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction comprising a center chassis and a ring-like elastic belt comprising a front belt and a back belt; the front and back belt each formed by a laminate comprising a plurality of elastic bodies running in the transverse direction, an inner sheet, an outer sheet, and an outer sheet fold over; wherein at least one of the front belt and the back belt has: a) the longitudinal edge of the center chassis being distal than, preferably at least about 10 mm distal than, the outer sheet fold over proximal edge; b) in the left and right side panels: b-1) at least one elastic body, preferably at least two elastic bodies, disposed between the outer sheet and the outer sheet fold over in regions where the inner sheet does not overlap; b-2) one to no more than about 8 elastic bodies disposed between the outer sheet and inner sheet in regions where the outer sheet fold over overlaps in the thickness direction, and b-3) the remaining
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Koichi MORIMOTO, Kazuaki TAMEISHI, DonSub LEE, Fumitake YAMASHITA, Ying JIA, Shiqiao LI
  • Publication number: 20190274896
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wearable article continuous in a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction comprising a center chassis and a ring-like elastic belt comprising a front belt and a back belt; the front and back belt each formed by a laminate comprising a plurality of elastic bodies running in the transverse direction, an inner sheet, an outer sheet, and an outer sheet fold over, wherein at least one of the front belt and the back belt has: a) the longitudinal edge of the center chassis distal than, preferably at least about 10 mm distal than, the outer sheet fold over proximal edge, and b) in the left and right side panels: b-1) at least one elastic body, preferably at least 2 elastic bodies, disposed between the outer sheet and the outer sheet fold over in regions where the inner sheet does not overlap in the thickness direction; and b-2) the remaining elastic bodies disposed between the outer sheet and the inner sheet in regions where the outer sheet fold over does not overlap in the thickness direction
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Koichi MORIMOTO, Kazuaki TAMEISHI, DonSub LEE, Fumitake YAMASHITA, Ying JIA, Shiqiao LI
  • Publication number: 20190274895
    Abstract: Wearable article comprising an elastic laminate with excellent sweat management properties. The elastic laminate comprises an inner first nonwoven layer and an outer second nonwoven layer. The outer layer has a higher hydrophilicity than the inner layer. The laminate has a total caliper when subjected to the NMR MOUSE method as described. The total caliper has a first sub-caliper corresponding to 50% of the total caliper, and a second sub-caliper corresponding to the remaining 50% of the total caliper. The elastic laminate has a Liquid Ratio of the first sub-caliper to the second sub-caliper of at least 1.1 after 1 minute according to the NMR MOUSE method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: Meng CHEN, Xu GAO, Fukuan SHI, Gueltekin ERDEM, Koichi MORIMOTO, Jan CLAUSSEN
  • Patent number: 10398607
    Abstract: An absorbent article including a main body with an absorbent core, and a ring-like elastic belt, is disclosed. The article may include a front belt and a back belt each formed by an inner sheet, an outer sheet and a plurality of elastic bodies sandwiched therebetween and running in the transverse direction. The elastic bodies in the back belt may include a plurality of waist elastic bodies having elasticity over the entire transverse width of the back belt; a plurality of tummy elastic bodies removed of their elasticity in at least a portion overlapping the absorbent core, and a core edge elastic body disposed overlapping the absorbent core and adjacent the distal edge of the absorbent core, the core edge elastic body having elasticity over the entire transverse width of the back belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Koichi Morimoto
  • Patent number: 10383778
    Abstract: A wearable article comprising: a main body comprising an outer cover layer and a backsheet attached to the skin-facing surface of the outer cover layer; and a ring-like elastic belt comprising a front belt and a back belt; the backsheet comprising a printed main artwork observable from the garment-facing side of the article. The main artwork exists in the vicinity of the proximal edge of the central panel of at least one of the front and back belts, extends from at least one of the front and back central panels into the crotch panel; and comprises a belt area artwork displayed on the central panel and a crotch area artwork displayed on the crotch panel. The relationship of the opacity of the outer cover layer to the opacity of the central panel overlayed on the garment facing side of the backsheet is defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Koichi Morimoto, Ling Tong, Chunmin Cheng, Hui Liu