Patents by Inventor Tomomi Oku

Tomomi Oku 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).

  • Publication number: 20120024452
    Abstract: In a case where components such as side flaps and crotch portions are arranged on multiple webs which are being conveyed while being arranged side by side in the width direction of the webs, articles in various sizes can be handled easily by a web conveying step of conveying a front waistline web 11A and a back waistline web 11B the webs being arranged side by side in a width direction of the webs, a flap attaching step of attaching side flaps 30 onto the web 11 of the front waistline web 11A or the back waistline web, a web gap changing step of changing a gap between the front waistline web 11A and the back waistline web 11B by a web gap changing mechanism 500 and a crotch member attaching step of attaching a crotch member 20 between the front waistline web 11A and the back waistline web 11B, wherein the web gap changing step is performed between the flap attaching step and the crotch member attaching step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Sakaguchi, Yoshikazu Ogasawara, Tomomi Oku, Noriaki Ito
  • Publication number: 20110184368
    Abstract: An absorptive article (1A) has a rear region (S1), a crotch region (S2), and a belly region (S3) which are arranged in this order in the longitudinal direction (L) from the rear side (Ba) to the belly side (Fr). The absorptive article (1A) is provided with an absorptive article body (2), a pair of side flaps (10), and a pair of waist flaps (20) provided in the rear region (S1) so as to extend outward from the side flaps (10) in the lateral direction (W) of the absorptive article body. Each of the pair of waist flaps (20) has formed thereon an waist stretchable region (23) extended so as to reach that edge of the waist flap (20) which is on the belly side (Fr).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomomi Oku, Satoru Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20110162188
    Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method for absorbent products that has a process for placing on connected flaps on latch members that are fastenable to prescribed areas on both sides of a center line that is parallel to the MD-direction of the flap line, a process for folding over both edges of the flap continuum toward the center line along the MD-direction on the flap line, a process for forming flaps by cutting the flap continuum along the CD-direction on the flap line, and a process for placing the flaps at prescribed intervals on absorbent article continuum on the main body line so that the center line is in the MD-direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Sakaguchi, Noritomo Kameda, Tomomi Oku
  • Publication number: 20110155304
    Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method for absorbent products that has a fastening member placement step wherein latch members, which are fastenable to prescribed areas, are placed on both sides of a center line that is parallel to the conveyance direction of the flap line on a flap continuum that are continuously conveyed on the flap line, a flap formation process wherein flaps are formed by cutting the flap continuum on the flap line in a direction that intersects with the conveyance direction of the flap line, and a flap placement step wherein flaps are placed on front waistline member continuum or the rear waistline member continuum or on the main body line so that the center line is orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the main body line, and both edges of the flap continuum on the flap line are folded over toward the center line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoru Sakaguchi, Noritomo Kameda, Tomomi Oku
  • Publication number: 20110137275
    Abstract: In an absorptive article the lower surface of the absorptive body and those portions of the rear surface sheet which are located at the side flaps are constructed as a continuous unitized structure. That portion of each side flap which is located between a lateral edge of the side flap and that edge of the side flap which is on the absorptive body side has a high moisture-permeable region having higher moisture permeability than the lower surface of the absorptive body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: Uni-charm Corporation
    Inventors: Tomomi Oku, Satoru Sakaguchi
  • Publication number: 20110118690
    Abstract: An absorptive article according to the present invention includes: a main absorber including at least a liquid-permeable top sheet, liquid-impermeable back sheet, and an absorber disposed between the top sheet and the back sheet, absorbing and retaining fluid, and including a back-side region, a crotch region, and a belly-side region arranged in the longitudinal direction from the back side to the belly side in a state of wearing; and a left-and-right pair of side-flap portions provided on both sides in the width direction of the main absorber. A belly-side stretched region extended in the around-the-waist direction provided in the belly-side region of each side-flap portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomomi Oku, Satoru Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 7547815
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent pad includes an absorbent fibrous structure having a longitudinal axis, a transverse axis, and front and rear regions aligned with each other in a direction along the longitudinal axis. The pad has a flexibility of the front region higher than in rear region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Ohashi, Tomomi Oku, Hikari Kawakami, Ryuichi Kamiyama
  • Publication number: 20060069371
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent pad includes an absorbent fibrous structure (10) having a longitudinal axis (11), a transverse axis (12), and front and rear regions (15a, 15b) aligned with each other in a direction along the longitudinal axis wherein a flexibility of the front region is higher than that of the rear region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoto Ohashi, Tomomi Oku, Hikari Kawakami, Ryuichi Kamiyama