Patents by Inventor Shigeyuki Sugawara

Shigeyuki Sugawara 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: 6090730
    Abstract: A filament non-woven fabric comprising thermoplastic conjugated filaments comprising at least one low melting point resin or low softening point resin selected from the group consisting of olefin binary copolymer or olefin terpolymer as the first component and crystalline thermoplastic resin as the second component. The thermoplastic conjugated filament contains inorganic powder in at least the first component, wherein the content of the inorganic powder is 500 to 50000 weight ppm with respect to the fibers. The present invention can provide a filament non-woven fabric that is excellent in the high adhesive property, low temperature adhesive property, hand feeling such as softness or touch etc., and uniformity. Furthermore, operating efficiency such as the spinning property is good. Absorbent articles can be produced using the above mentioned filament non-woven fabrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2000
    Assignee: Chisso Corporation
    Inventors: Toshikatsu Fujiwara, Taiju Terakawa, Shigeyuki Sugawara
  • Patent number: 5994244
    Abstract: A filament non-woven fabric comprises thermally adhesive conjugated filaments comprising a first component that contains not less than 20 weight % of ethylene-acrylic ester-maleic anhydride copolymer and that is formed in at least a part of the filament surface in the longitudinal direction of the filament, and a second component that is a crystalline thermoplastic resin having a melting point higher than that of the first component. At least the first component contains an inorganic powder and the content of the inorganic powder is 500 to 50000 weight ppm with respect to filament. The present invention can provide the non-woven fabric comprising filaments which is excellent in the high adhesive property, low temperature adhesive property, adhesion property to other kinds of materials, hand feeling such as softness or touch etc., and uniformity. Furthermore, the operating efficiency such as the spinning property is desirable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: Chisso Corporation
    Inventors: Toshikatsu Fujiwara, Shingo Horiuchi, Shigeyuki Sugawara