Patents by Inventor Tetsuya Kusagawa

Tetsuya Kusagawa 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: 8075541
    Abstract: An absorbent article includes an elongate absorbent body and a pair of left and right rear wing portions disposed at longitudinal opposite left and right sides of the absorbent body in a rear zone thereof. Each of the rear wing portions includes a liquid-retentive wing absorbent core. Furthermore, an absorbent article includes an elongate absorbent body and a pair of left and right wing portions disposed at longitudinal opposite left and right sides of the absorbent body. Each of the wing portions includes a laminated sheet formed by laminating at least two sheet materials and the two sheets of material are bonded to and along opposite side edges of the absorbent body with an adhesive agent except for non-coated linear areas of a predetermined width formed on the wing portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yoji Kameo, Tetsuya Kusagawa, Mitsugu Hamajima
  • Patent number: 7641642
    Abstract: An absorbent article 1 having a liquid retentive absorbent layer and a liquid impermeable leak preventive layer and including, in its longitudinal direction, an excretion portion facing section A which is placed opposite a wearer's liquid excretion portion, when in wear, and a rear section B which is placed more on the back side than the excretion portion facing section A, when in wear, wherein a leak preventive wall 5 is disposed on opposite side portions in the longitudinal direction, the leak preventive wall 5 having a basal wall portion and a planar elastic expansible/contractible portion connected to an upper end portion of the basal wall portion and being raised in the excretion portion facing section A and in the rear section B, and wherein a distance from an upper end portion of the basal wall portion to the leak preventive layer in the rear section is shorter than a comparable distance in the excretion portion facing section A.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Murai, Tetsuya Kusagawa, Miyuki Kondo, Mitsugu Hamajima
  • Publication number: 20070055212
    Abstract: An absorbent article includes an elongate absorbent body and a pair of left and right rear wing portions disposed at longitudinal opposite left and right sides of the absorbent body in a rear zone thereof. Each of the rear wing portions includes a liquid-retentive wing absorbent core. Furthermore, an absorbent article includes an elongate absorbent body and a pair of left and right wing portions disposed at longitudinal opposite left and right sides of the absorbent body. Each of the wing portions includes a laminated sheet formed by laminating at least two sheet materials and the two sheets of material are bonded to and along opposite side edges of the absorbent body 2 with an adhesive agent except for non-coated linear areas of a predetermined width formed on the wing portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Inventors: Yoji Kameo, Tetsuya Kusagawa, Mitsugu Hamajima
  • Patent number: 7048726
    Abstract: An absorbent article (1) having a liquid-retentive absorbing layer (2), a liquid-impermeable leakproof layer (3), and standing gathers (4) on each side. The gathers have an elastically extensible portion (40) coming into planar contact with the wearer's skin while worn. The elastically extensible portion (40) is made of a sheet (44) and at least one elastic member (45), the elastic member (45) being fixed to the sheet (44) discretely in the longitudinal direction in its stretched state, and the parts of the sheet where the elastic member (45) is not fixed are raised by contraction of the elastic member (45) to form a plurality of hollow ridges (43) on the side of the elastically extensible portion (40) to be brought into contact with the wearer's skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kusagawa, Atsushi Murai, Mitsugu Hamajima, Jinko Noguchi
  • Publication number: 20030144644
    Abstract: An absorbent article 1 comprising a liquid retentive absorbent layer and a liquid impermeable leak preventive layer and including, in its longitudinal direction, an excretion portion facing section A which is placed opposite a wearer's liquid excretion portion, when in wear, and a rear section B which is placed more on the back side than the excretion portion facing section A, when in wear, wherein a leak preventive wall 5 is disposed on opposite side portions in the longitudinal direction, the leak preventive wall 5 comprising a basal wall portion and a planar elastic expansible/contractible portion connected to an upper end portion of the basal wall portion and being raised in the excretion portion facing section A and in the rear section B, and wherein a distance from an upper end portion of the basal wall portion to the leak preventive layer in the rear section is shorter than a comparable distance in the excretion portion facing section A.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: Atsushi Murai, Tetsuya Kusagawa, Miyuki Kondo, Mitsugu Hamajima
  • Publication number: 20020157771
    Abstract: An absorbent article (1) having a liquid-retentive absorbing layer (2), a liquid-impermeable leakproof layer (3), and standing gathers (4) on each side thereof which have an elastically extensible portion (40) coming into planar contact with the wearer's skin while worn, wherein the elastically extensible portion (40) is made of a sheet (44) and at least one elastic member (45), the elastic member (45) being fixed to the sheet (44) discretely in the longitudinal direction thereof in their stretched state, and the parts of the sheet where the elastic member (45) is not fixed are raised by contraction of the elastic member (45) to form a plurality of hollow ridges (43) on the side of the elastically extensible portion (40) to be brought into contact with the wearer's skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kusagawa, Atsushi Murai, Mitsugu Hamajima, Jinko Noguchi
  • Patent number: 6086950
    Abstract: The absorbent sheet comprising at least hydrophilic fibers and thermally fusible bonding fibers or a strengthening assistant, and a superabsorbent polymer is characterized in that:the superabsorbent polymer is not present on an absorbent surface of the absorbent sheet for absorbing liquid but distributed inside the absorbent sheet, and is adhered and fixed to the hydrophilic fibers constituting the absorbent sheet;the superabsorbent polymer is spread at an amount of 5 to 300 g per 1 m.sup.2 of the absorbent sheet; andthe absorbent sheet has a thickness of 0.3 to 1.5 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Kazumichi Masaki, Yoshihito Kubota, Eichi Ichikawa, Mari Kaganoi, Minoru Nakanishi, Mitsugu Hamajima, Yasuhiro Yamamoto, Hironori Kawasaki, Tetsuya Kusagawa
  • Patent number: 5891118
    Abstract: A substantially elongated absorbent article having a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, an absorbent member interposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a pair of hydrophobic areas along opposing longitudinal side portions of an upper surface of the absorbent article inwardly from longitudinal side edges of the absorbent article, the hydrophobic areas each having a continuous or discontinuous antileakage groove formed along a respective one of the longitudinal side portions, wherein a width of each of the antileakage grooves is from 0.1 mm to 20 mm, a ratio of a depth of each of the antileakage grooves with respect to a thickness of a portion of the absorbent article where no antileakage groove is formed is from 0.01 to 0.8, and the depth of each of the antileakage grooves is from 0.1 mm to 12 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuo Toyoshima, Tetsuya Kusagawa, Mitsugu Hamajima, Minoru Nakanishi, Yuji Yana, Akihiko Saka
  • Patent number: 5821179
    Abstract: The absorbent sheet comprising at least hydrophilic fibers and thermally fusible bonding fibers or a strengthening assistant, and a superabsorbent polymer is characterized in that the superabsorbent polymer is not present on an absorbent surface of the absorbent sheet for absorbing liquid but distributed inside the absorbent sheet, and is adhered and fixed to the hyrophilic fibers constituting the absorbent sheet, the superabsorbent polymer is spread at an amount of 5 to 300 g per 1 m.sup.2 of the absorbent sheet and the absorbent sheet has thickness of 0.3 to 1.5 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Kazumichi Masaki, Yoshihito Kubota, Eichi Ichikawa, Mari Kaganoi, Minoru Nakanishi, Mitsugu Hamajima, Yasuhiro Y. Yamamoto, Hironori Kawasaki, Tetsuya Kusagawa