Patents by Inventor Toshifumi Ohtsubo

Toshifumi Ohtsubo 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: 11744745
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an absorbent article that includes: a first sheet body that includes two first sheets and a first elastic string that is stretchable and contractible in a left-right direction; a second sheet body; and a first weld portion. The method includes: (a) placing the first elastic string in a stretched state where the first elastic string is stretched in the left-right direction between the first sheets disposed in a thickness direction intersecting the left-right direction; (b) causing the second sheet body to overlap with the first sheet body in the thickness direction; (c) releasing the stretched state to bring about a released state; and (d) welding one end portion of the first sheet body in the left-right direction and one end portion of the second sheet body in the left-right direction to each other, to form the first weld portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Unicharm Corporation
    Inventor: Toshifumi Ohtsubo
  • Patent number: 10987255
    Abstract: A stretchable/contractible sheet having an up-down direction and a left-right direction intersecting each other includes a first sheet; a second sheet; welded portions; and elastic members. Elastic members are arranged between the first sheet and the second sheet by welded portions and with a space in the up-down direction. The welded portions include a first welded portion; and a third welded portion. The welded portions further include a second welded portion; and a fourth welded portion. The first welded portion and the third welded portion have portions that overlap in the up-down direction. A length of a portion where the first welded portion and the third welded portion overlap in the up-down direction is larger than a length in the up-down direction between a lowermost end of the first welded portion and a lowermost end of the third welded portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: UNICHARM Corporation
    Inventor: Toshifumi Ohtsubo
  • Patent number: 10980678
    Abstract: A stretchable/contractible sheet having an up-down direction and a left-right direction intersecting each other is provided. The stretchable and contractible sheet includes: a first welded-portion row including a plurality of welded portions arranged side-by-side in the up-down direction; and a second welded-portion row including the plurality of welded portions located adjacent to the first welded-portion row on a one side in the left-right direction. The first welded-portion row includes: a first convex portion protruding toward the one side; and a second convex portion. The second welded-portion row includes a third convex portion protruding toward another side opposite to the one side in the left-right direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: UNICHARM CORPORATION
    Inventor: Toshifumi Ohtsubo
  • Publication number: 20200197230
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an absorbent article that includes: a first sheet body that includes two first sheets and a first elastic string that is stretchable and contractible in a left-right direction; a second sheet body; and a first weld portion. The method includes: (a) placing the first elastic string in a stretched state where the first elastic string is stretched in the left-right direction between the first sheets disposed in a thickness direction intersecting the left-right direction; (b) causing the second sheet body to overlap with the first sheet body in the thickness direction; (c) releasing the stretched state to bring about a released state; and (d) welding one end portion of the first sheet body in the left-right direction and one end portion of the second sheet body in the left-right direction to each other, to form the first weld portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: UNICHARM Corporation
    Inventor: Toshifumi Ohtsubo
  • Publication number: 20200155371
    Abstract: A stretchable/contractible sheet having an up-down direction and a left-right direction intersecting each other includes a first sheet; a second sheet; welded portions; and elastic members. Elastic members are arranged between the first sheet and the second sheet by welded portions and with a space in the up-down direction. The welded portions include a first welded portion; and a third welded portion. The welded portions further include a second welded portion; and a fourth welded portion. The first welded portion and the third welded portion have portions that overlap in the up-down direction. A length of a portion where the first welded portion and the third welded portion overlap in the up-down direction is larger than a length in the up-down direction between a lowermost end of the first welded portion and a lowermost end of the third welded portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: UNICHARM Corporation
    Inventor: Toshifumi Ohtsubo
  • Publication number: 20200155370
    Abstract: A stretchable/contractible sheet having an up-down direction and a left-right direction intersecting each other is provided. The stretchable and contractible sheet includes: a first welded-portion row including a plurality of welded portions arranged side-by-side in the up-down direction; and a second welded-portion row including the plurality of welded portions located adjacent to the first welded-portion row on a one side in the left-right direction. The first welded-portion row includes: a first convex portion protruding toward the one side; and a second convex portion. The second welded-portion row includes a third convex portion protruding toward another side opposite to the one side in the left-right direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: UNICHARM Corporation
    Inventor: Toshifumi Ohtsubo
  • Patent number: 5891124
    Abstract: Disposable training pants comprising a stretchable moisture holding sheet which is bonded at its longitudinally opposite ends to the top surface of a topsheet on front and rear bodies as the moisture holding sheet is stretched in longitudinally opposite directions with respect to a crotch zone across said front and rear bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Hironori Nomura, Tohru Sasaki, Toshifumi Ohtsubo
  • Patent number: 5626574
    Abstract: A disposable diaper of pants type having front and rear bodies bonded to each other by series of welded zones along transversely opposite sides of front and rear waist sections, wherein the welded zones are at least partially defined by patterns of V-shape or patterns of V-shape being devoid of a sharp point, both laid down transversely of the diaper, or patterns of an arc opening transversely of the diaper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1997
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Tohru Sasaki, Toshifumi Ohtsubo