Patents by Inventor Tomoko Tsuji

Tomoko Tsuji 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: 9452091
    Abstract: The absorbent article includes a chassis, a crotch region, an absorbent body, and an elastic member arranged along a side edge in width direction of the crotch region. The oblong absorbent body arranged in the crotch region includes a first narrow width section, a second narrow width section, a center low rigidity section formed along a center line that halves the absorbent article in the width direction and a pair of lateral low rigidity sections provided at both sides of the center low rigidity section in the width direction with a substantially equal interval. Skin contacting face-side sheets and non-skin contacting face-side sheets 6 and 10 are arranged in the crotch region. The initial tensile strength of the skin contacting face-side sheets is lower than that of the non-skin contacting face-side sheets or that of the chassis 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotomo Mukai, Akiyoshi Kinoshita, Tomoko Tsuji, Norihiko Ishikawa, Tatsuya Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 9445950
    Abstract: The absorbent article includes a chassis, a crotch region, an absorbent body, and an elastic member arranged along a side edge in width direction of the crotch region. The oblong absorbent body arranged in the crotch region includes a first narrow width section, a second narrow width section, a center low rigidity section formed along a center line that halves the absorbent article in the width direction and a pair of lateral low rigidity sections provided at both sides of the center low rigidity section in the width direction with a substantially equal interval. Skin contacting face-side sheets and non-skin contacting face-side sheets 6 and 10 are arranged in the crotch region. The initial tensile strength of the skin contacting face-side sheets is lower than that of the non-skin contacting face-side sheets or that of the chassis 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotomo Mukai, Akiyoshi Kinoshita, Tomoko Tsuji, Norihiko Ishikawa, Tatsuya Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 9387132
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent article includes a chassis and a liquid-absorbent structure. The chassis has an inner sheet lying on a skin-facing side and an outer sheet lying on a garment-facing side. The outer sheet has a first outer sheet and a second outer sheet lying inside the first outer sheet. The second outer sheet is formed on its outer surface with a display area extending in a longitudinal direction. The liquid-absorbent structure is formed with a central void and lateral voids in which core material for a core is not present. The display area can be visually recognized from the garment-facing side through the first outer sheet and from the skin-facing side also through the central void of the liquid-absorbent structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoko Tsuji, Nobuhiro Tagawa, Takahito Nagai
  • Patent number: 9061035
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an alcoholic injury mitigating agent comprising krill oil as an active ingredient. The krill oil preferably comprises phospholipids in an amount of at least 30% by weight, ?3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in an amount of at least 5% by weight of the total fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid in an amount of at least 2% by weight of the total fatty acids, or docosahexaenoic acid in an amount of at least 1% by weight of the total fatty acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: NIPPON SUISAN KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventors: Junichiro Hata, Tomoko Tsuji, Kenichi Yanagimoto
  • Patent number: 8986274
    Abstract: The present invention provides an absorbent article in which a joining strength between sheet-shaped members is improved. A joint portion which joins a front trunk-surrounding region and a rear trunk-surrounding region of the absorbent article to each other has a first joint region arranged continuously along an outer edge and the second joint portion arranged continuously in a region closer to the outer edge than the first joint region, substantially parallel to the first joint region. The sum of the areas of the plurality of first joint portions in the first joint region is less than the sum of the areas of the second joint portions in the second joint region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Sasayama, Hirotomo Mukai, Tomoko Tsuji, Tatsuya Hashimoto, Shinji Noma, Kei Wakasugi
  • Patent number: 8968263
    Abstract: An absorbent article according to the present invention includes a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorber. The absorber has a body unit having a foreside constricted portion and a backside constricted portion, and a pair of extension units extending outside in the widthwise direction of the absorber from the body unit. An outer region is folded toward an inner region at the side of the topsheet, and the maximum length of the inner region along the longitudinal direction of the absorber is shorter than the maximum length of the outer region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Unicharm Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Watabe, Hirotomo Mukai, Natsuko Takahashi, Tomoko Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20140120172
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an alcoholic injury mitigating agent comprising krill oil as an active ingredient. The krill oil preferably comprises phospholipids in an amount of at least 30% by weight, ?3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in an amount of at least 5% by weight of the total fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid in an amount of at least 2% by weight of the total fatty acids, or docosahexaenoic acid in an amount of at least 1% by weight of the total fatty acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: NIPPON SUISAN KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventors: Junichiro HATA, Tomoko TSUJI, Kenichi YANAGIMOTO
  • Patent number: 8691297
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an alcoholic injury mitigating agent comprising krill oil as an active ingredient. The krill oil preferably comprises phospholipids in an amount of at least 30% by weight, ?3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in an amount of at least 5% by weight of the total fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid in an amount of at least 2% by weight of the total fatty acids, or docosahexaenoic acid in an amount of at least 1% by weight of the total fatty acids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichiro Hata, Tomoko Tsuji, Kenichi Yanagimoto
  • Publication number: 20140039443
    Abstract: Provided is an absorbent article such as a disposable diaper wherein, when using a configuration that attaches the fastening tapes directly to the outer nonwoven fabric layer without using target tapes, the strength of the outer nonwoven fabric layer can be maintained while the fastening strength of the fastening tapes is maintained even with repeated use. A disposable diaper (1) is provided with an adhesive layer (80) that is formed from an adhesive and glues a barrier sheet (20) to an outer-layer nonwoven fabric layer (40). The adhesive layer (80) has an adhesive-coating pattern such that the orientation of the fibers forming the outer-layer nonwoven fabric layer (40) and the orientation of the resin forming the barrier sheet (20) intersect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahito Nagai, Tomoko Tsuji, Nobuhiro Tagawa
  • Publication number: 20130310339
    Abstract: A sexual function improving agent and the use thereof. Said sexual function improving agent comprises a phospholipid including a highly unsaturated fatty acid as a constituent fatty acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPON SUISAN KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventors: Li Han, Tomoko Tsuji, Pengtao Li, Jun Wang, Hongtao Lei
  • Publication number: 20130211354
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent article includes a chassis and a liquid-absorbent structure. The chassis has an inner sheet lying on a skin-facing side and an outer sheet lying on a garment-facing side. The outer sheet has a first outer sheet and a second outer sheet lying inside the first outer sheet. The second outer sheet is formed on its outer surface with a display area extending in a longitudinal direction. The liquid-absorbent structure is formed with a central void and lateral voids in which core material for a core is not present. The display area can be visually recognized from the garment-facing side through the first outer sheet and from the skin-facing side also through the central void of the liquid-absorbent structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoko Tsuji, Nobuhiro Tagawa, Takahito Nagai
  • Publication number: 20130156861
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an alcoholic injury mitigating agent comprising krill oil as an active ingredient. The krill oil preferably comprises phospholipids in an amount of at least 30% by weight, ?3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in an amount of at least 5% by weight of the total fatty acids, eicosapentaenoic acid in an amount of at least 2% by weight of the total fatty acids, or docosahexaenoic acid in an amount of at least 1% by weight of the total fatty acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: NIPPON SUISAN KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventors: Junichiro Hata, Tomoko Tsuji, Kenichi Yanagimoto
  • Patent number: 8425485
    Abstract: The present invention provides an absorbent article having a composite sheet with a plurality of gathers on an inner surface facing a wearer's body, which fits and adheres comfortably to the wearer's skin. The composite sheet is provided which includes a stretchable non-woven fabric which expands and contracts in at least one direction, a non-stretchable non-woven fabric, a junction which binds intermittently the stretchable non-woven fabric to the non-stretchable non-woven fabric in the stretching direction, and a plurality of gathers which is formed by loosening a unbounded area of the non-stretchable non-woven fabric in a contracted state, and is arranged along a direction intersecting the stretching direction, in which an apex of each gather does not reach the neighboring gather when the gathers lean to one side of the stretchable direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoko Tsuji, Hirotomo Mukai, Kenichi Sasayama, Tatsuya Hashimoto, Kei Wakasugi
  • Patent number: 8361047
    Abstract: The absorbent article includes a chassis, a crotch region, an absorbent body, and an elastic member arranged along a side edge in width direction of the crotch region. The oblong absorbent body arranged in the crotch region includes a first narrow width section, a second narrow width section, a center low rigidity section formed along a center line that halves the absorbent article in the width direction and a pair of lateral low rigidity sections provided at both sides of the center low rigidity section in the width direction with a substantially equal interval. Skin contacting face-side sheets and non-skin contacting face-side sheets 6 and 10 are arranged in the crotch region. The initial tensile strength of the skin contacting face-side sheets is lower than that of the non-skin contacting face-side sheets or that of the chassis 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotomo Mukai, Akiyoshi Kinoshita, Tomoko Tsuji, Norihiko Ishikawa, Tatsuya Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20120289923
    Abstract: An absorbent article according to the present invention includes a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorber. The absorber has a body unit having a foreside constricted portion and a backside constricted portion, and a pair of extension units extending outside in the widthwise direction of the absorber from the body unit. An outer region is folded toward an inner region at the side of the topsheet, and the maximum length of the inner region along the longitudinal direction of the absorber is shorter than the maximum length of the outer region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Watabe, Hirotomo Mukai, Natsuko Takahashi, Tomoko Tsuji
  • Publication number: 20120143162
    Abstract: An absorbent article according to the present invention includes leg elastic bodies and a central elastic body. An absorber has a bent part formed along a longitudinal direction. The leg elastic bodies continuously extend from one rear waistline edge to the other rear waistline edge in a state of being stretched in a width direction in a rear waistline region. The central elastic body is provided in a central portion in the width direction in a state of being stretched along the longitudinal direction, while overlapping with any one of a front waistline region and the rear waistline region in a thickness direction. At least a part of the central elastic body intersects with the leg elastic bodies while overlapping with the bent part in the thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotomo Mukai, Tomoko Tsuji, Natsuko Takahashi, Yoshihisa Watabe
  • Patent number: 8183429
    Abstract: A composite sheet which has a low basis weight, can be prevented from breaking during the production of an absorbent article or in use, and is good to the touch. The composite sheet is a sheet formed by bonding a stretch nonwoven fabric to a nonstretch nonwoven fabric with an adhesive. The stretch nonwoven fabric is bonded in a stretched state to the nonstretch sheet. The stretch nonwoven fabric has, on each side, strip-form sparse regions and strip-form dense regions alternately formed. The sparse regions and dense regions on one side are alternately formed in a second direction so that the dense regions on this side do not overlie the dense regions on the other side. The composite sheet has a maximum breaking strength of 20 N/50 mm or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Hashimoto, Hirotomo Mukai, Satoshi Mitsuno, Tomoko Tsuji, Kenichi Akaki
  • Patent number: 8147474
    Abstract: The present invention provides an absorbent article 1 that does not easily warp in a leg-surrounding portion. The absorbent article 1 includes an absorbing member 2 in an elongated shape arranged along a longitudinal direction of the absorbent article, and a stretchable chassis 3 having a leg-surrounding portion 3a recessed inward in a width direction. At least a part of the chassis 3 is composed of a composite sheet 13 obtained by affixing a stretchable sheet 15 and a non-stretchable sheet 16 to each other by a plurality of adhesive portions 18. The leg-surrounding portion 3a has an intersection crossing an expansion and contraction direction of the chassis 3 at a predetermined angle. The plurality of adhesive portions 18 extend in a direction substantially perpendicular to the expansion and contraction direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Kei Wakasugi, Hirotomo Mukai, Tomoko Tsuji, Kenichi Sasayama, Tatsuya Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 8105305
    Abstract: The present invention provides an absorbent article having a composite sheet with a plurality of gathers on an inner surface facing a wearer's body, which fits and adheres comfortably to the wearer's skin. The composite sheet is provided which includes a stretchable non-woven fabric which expands and contracts in at least one direction, a non-stretchable non-woven fabric, a junction which binds intermittently the stretchable non-woven fabric to the non-stretchable non-woven fabric in the stretching direction, and a plurality of gathers which is formed by loosening a unbounded area of the non-stretchable non-woven fabric in a contracted state, and is arranged along a direction intersecting the stretching direction, in which an apex of each gather does not reach the neighboring gather when the gathers lean to one side of the stretchable direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Unicharm Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoko Tsuji, Hirotomo Mukai, Kenichi Sasayama, Tatsuya Hashimoto, Kei Wakasugi
  • Publication number: 20120022486
    Abstract: The present invention provides an absorbent article having a composite sheet with a plurality of gathers on an inner surface facing a wearer's body, which fits and adheres comfortably to the wearer's skin. The composite sheet is provided which includes a stretchable non-woven fabric which expands and contracts in at least one direction, a non-stretchable non-woven fabric, a junction which binds intermittently the stretchable non-woven fabric to the non-stretchable non-woven fabric in the stretching direction, and a plurality of gathers which is formed by loosening a unbounded area of the non-stretchable non-woven fabric in a contracted state, and is arranged along a direction intersecting the stretching direction, in which an apex of each gather does not reach the neighboring gather when the gathers lean to one side of the stretchable direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: c/o Technical Center, Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoko TSUJI, Hirotomo Mukai, Kenichi Sasayama, Tatsuya Hashimoto, Kei Wakasugi