Patents by Inventor Syuhei Kurata

Syuhei 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).

  • Patent number: 7347914
    Abstract: A method for producing an article of the present invention includes: a supply step of supplying a first web; a first bonding step of bonding the first web and an elastic together; a placement step of placing a second web so as to sandwich the elastic between the first web and the second web; and a second bonding step of bonding the first web, the elastic and the second web together at a plurality of locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Zuiko Corporation
    Inventors: Toyoshi Umebayashi, Syuhei Kurata, Satoshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6840929
    Abstract: A disposable worn article N comprises an absorbent body M including a core C and a liquid impermeable backsheet B, and a cuff 10 including a contact portion 12 and a stand-up portion 11. In the vicinity of a central portion of the cuff 10, a free end 123 of the contact portion 12 and a connecting portion 13 between the contact portion 12 and the stand-up portion 11 are arranged in the order of the free end 123 and the connecting portion 13 in a direction that transverses a direction in which the cuff 10 extends and that extends from an inside to an outside of the absorbent body M. In the vicinity of an end portion of the cuff 10, the free end 123 and the connecting portion 13 are arranged in the order of the connecting portion 13 and the free end 123 in the direction that transverses the direction in which the cuff 10 extends and that extends from the inside to the outside of the absorbent body M.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Zuiko Corporation
    Inventor: Syuhei Kurata
  • Publication number: 20040112508
    Abstract: A method for producing an article of the present invention includes: a supply step of supplying a first web; a first bonding step of bonding the first web and an elastic together; a placement step of placing a second web so as to sandwich the elastic between the first web and the second web; and a second bonding step of bonding the first web, the elastic and the second web together at a plurality of locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Toyoshi Umebayashi, Syuhei Kurata, Satoshi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20040102756
    Abstract: An absorbent article (1) includes a cuff (30) and a liquid-holding absorbent (5). The cuff (30) is provided on a surface of a sheet (3) covering the liquid-holding absorbent (5). The cuff (30) is obtained by folding the sheet, which faces a surface of a body of a wearer, and folding back the sheet so as to form a two-folded shape. An adhesion section (37) for keeping the two-folded shape of the cuff is provided at least near a base portion of the cuff.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventors: Yuzo Ichiura, Masaki Nakakado, Kazutoshi Makimura, Syuhei Kurata
  • Publication number: 20040073185
    Abstract: An absorbent article, comprising a main part, the main part including a liquid-permeable surface sheet, a liquid-impermeable anti leak sheet, and a liquid-holding absorbent provided between the surface sheet and the anti leak sheet. The main part is folded into a plurality of layers, and portions of the folded main part that are overlapping with one another along opposite side edges of the main part are bonded together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventors: Yuzo Ichiura, Masaki Nakakado, Syuhei Kurata, Natsumi Murata
  • Publication number: 20030093056
    Abstract: A disposable worn article N comprises an absorbent body M including a core C and a liquid impermeable backsheet B, and a cuff 10 including a contact portion 12 and a stand-up portion 11. In the vicinity of a central portion of the cuff 10, a free end 123 of the contact portion 12 and a connecting portion 13 between the contact portion 12 and the stand-up portion 11 are arranged in the order of the free end 123 and the connecting portion 13 in a direction that transverses a direction in which the cuff 10 extends and that extends from an inside to an outside of the absorbent body M. In the vicinity of an end portion of the cuff 10, the free end 123 and the connecting portion 13 are arranged in the order of the connecting portion 13 and the free end 123 in the direction that transverses the direction in which the cuff 10 extends and that extends from the inside to the outside of the absorbent body M.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventor: Syuhei Kurata