Patents by Inventor Yoshiaki Kumamoto

Yoshiaki Kumamoto 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: 6461480
    Abstract: A pulp molded article is produced by depositing pulp fiber on the outer surface of a papermaking core mold having a plurality of interconnecting paths connecting the outside and the inside to form a pulp deposited body, placing the pulp deposited body in a set of split molds, and then pressing the pulp deposited body for dehydration by a prescribed means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Otakura, Yoshiaki Kumamoto, Kenichi Otani, Tadaharu Ogawa, Atsushi Sato
  • Publication number: 20010040016
    Abstract: A method for producing a pulp molded article (7) comprising the steps of supplying a pulp slurry into the cavity (1) of a mold (10) composed of a set of splits (3 and 4), the set of splits (3 and 4) being assembled together to form the cavity (1) with a prescribed configuration, to form a pulp deposited body (5), feeding a fluid into the cavity (1) to press the pulp deposited body (5) onto the inner wall of the cavity (1) for dewatering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2001
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Applicant: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Kumamoto, Kenichi Otani, Shinji Otakura, Tokuo Tsuura, Masataka Ishikawa, Toshiyuki Suga, Akira Nonomura
  • Patent number: 5804518
    Abstract: An absorbent article having, as a back sheet, a porous sheet obtainable by preparing, by melt blending, a melt blended solution comprising 30 to 90 parts by weight of a crystalline polyolefin and 10 to 70 parts by weight of a compound with which the crystalline polyolefin is miscible and in which the crystalline polyolefin will dissolve at or above the melting point of the crystalline polyolefin but which will phase separate below the melting point of the crystalline polyolefin, molding the blended solution into a sheet, and stretching the sheet in at least one direction. The crystalline polyolefin is a polypropylene having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) to number average molecular weight (Mn) ratio (Mw/Mn) of no more than 6.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Kao Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Sakai, Katsushi Maeda, Yoshiaki Kumamoto, Shingo Odajima