Patents by Inventor Yoshio Ono

Yoshio Ono 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: 20110066127
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent wearing article constructed with an absorbent core that may be deformed to form absorbent barriers against body waste and thereby an absorbent chassis that includes the absorbent core may be kept in contact with the wearer's torso with good fitness to improve appearance of the article put on the wearer's body and to prevent leak of body waste. The disposable absorbent wearing article comprising an absorbent chassis and an annular elasticized waist panel wherein the absorbent core of the absorbent chassis is formed with deformation guides so that at least opposite lateral regions of said absorbent core may be deformed along the deformation guides toward the wearer's torso under elastic contraction of at least a front waist panel constituting the annular waist panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Seiichi Kuwano, Yoshio Ono
  • Publication number: 20080240690
    Abstract: A hot air heater includes heating wires (3a, 3b) wound around an insulating fire-resistant support in such a way that currents flow reversely through the heating wires (3a, 3b) in order to compensate electromagnetic waves generated from the heating wires (3a, 3b), thus reducing electromagnetic waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicants: BAN-YU CO., LTD, OSAKA PREFECTURAL GOVERNMENT
    Inventors: Yoshio Ono, Takeshi Hirohata
  • Patent number: 7329246
    Abstract: Here is disclosed a disposable pull-on wearing article improved so that a body fluid absorbent core may be curved about a crotch region toward front and rear waist regions without forming thick creases creating a feeling of discomfort against a wearer, and wherein a concavity bulging downward may be quickly formed in the crotch region as the core is curved. The article includes a body fluid absorbent core which includes a first core lying on a transverse middle of a crotch region and a pair of second cores lying on both sides of the first core. Front and rear end portions of the respective second cores are spaced apart from the first core by slit-like gaps and intermediate portions extending between the front and rear end portions are contiguous to the first core. Outer side edges of the respective second cores are formed with laid down V-shape cutouts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2008
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Kinoshita, Yoshio Ono, Tomoko Tsuji, Akiko Yagi
  • Patent number: 7300427
    Abstract: A disposable wearing article includes connector sheet strips used to connect front and rear waist regions of the article which respectively includes proximal sections and flap-like sections. The proximal sections are fixed to the rear waist region on its inner surface along zones immediately adjacent to transversely opposite side edges of the rear waist region and the flap-like sections extend from the respective zones to the inside of the article in a circumferential direction. The flap-like sections are formed with folding guide means facilitating the flap-like sections to be folded so that these flap-like sections may extend from the inside toward the outside of the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoko Sugito, Yoshio Ono
  • Patent number: 7288081
    Abstract: In a disposable wearing article, connector sheet strips for connecting front and rear waist regions of the article have proximal sections and flap-like sections. The proximal sections are fixed to the rear waist region on its inner surface along zones contiguous to transversely opposite side edges of the rear waist region. Flexural rigidity of the flap-like sections as measured in a transverse direction of the article is higher than that of the article as measured in regions lying immediately inside the respective zones which are, in turn, contiguous to the respective side edges, so that a direction in which the connector sheet strips extend can be easily reversed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoko Sugito, Yoshio Ono
  • Patent number: 7255688
    Abstract: A pull-on disposable wearing article has a first waist region and a second waist region. The first waist region is elastically stretch- and contractible in the transverse direction. The second waist region is formed with a pair of finger-grip zones which are non-stretchable in the transverse direction and an elastically stretch- and contractible middle zone. The finger-grip zones respectively have a dimension in a range of 10 to 100 mm as measured in the transverse direction and extend from a peripheral edge of the waist-hole to peripheral edges of the respective leg-holes, along a pair of bonded zones where transversely opposite side edges of the waist regions are bonded together. The middle zone extends between the finger-grip zones is elastically stretch- and contractible in the transverse direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Toru Sasaki, Yoshio Ono, Satoru Sakaguchi, Tomoko Sugito
  • Patent number: 7090665
    Abstract: A disposable diaper that includes a cover member and a body fluid absorbent member attached to an inner side of the cover member. The absorbent member is composed of a liquid-pervious topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core member disposed therebetween. The absorbent member is formed on a side adjacent the backsheet with at least one first groove concaved in a direction from the backsheet toward the topsheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Naoto Ohashi, Yoshio Ono, Toru Oba
  • Publication number: 20060161126
    Abstract: A disposable wearing article includes connector sheet strips used to connect front and rear waist regions of the article which respectively includes proximal sections and flap-like sections. The proximal sections are fixed to the rear waist region on its inner surface along zones immediately adjacent to transversely opposite side edges of the rear waist region and the flap-like sections extend from the respective zones to the inside of the article in a circumferential direction. The flap-like sections are formed with folding guide means facilitating the flap-like sections to be folded so that these flap-like sections may extend from the inside toward the outside of the article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventors: Tomoko Sugito, Yoshio Ono
  • Publication number: 20060161127
    Abstract: A disposable wearing article includes connector sheet strips used to connect front and rear waist regions of the article which respectively have proximal sections and flap-like sections. The proximal sections are fixed to the rear waist region on its inner surface along zones contiguous to transversely opposite side edges of the rear waist region and the flap-like sections extend from the respective zones to the inside of the article in a circumferential direction. Flexural rigidity of the flap-like sections as measured in a transverse direction X of the wearing article is set to be higher than that of the article as measured in regions lying immediately inside the respective zones which are, in turn, contiguous to the respective side edges of the article so that a direction in which the connector sheet strips extend can be easily reversed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventors: Tomoko Sugito, Yoshio Ono
  • Publication number: 20050267431
    Abstract: A pull-on disposable wearing article has a first waist region and a second waist region. The first waist region has its full range in a transverse direction adapted to be elastically stretch- and contractible in the transverse direction. The second waist region is formed with a pair of finger-grip zones which are non-stretchable in the transverse direction and an elastically stretch- and contractible middle zone. The finger-grip zones respectively have a dimension in a range of 10 to 100 mm as measured in the transverse direction and extend from a peripheral edge of a waist-hole to one of peripheral edges of respective leg-holes and vicinities of these peripheral edges along a pair of bonded zones defined by transversely opposite side edges of the first and second waist regions bonded together. The middle zone extends between a pair of the finger-grip zones and has its full range in the transverse direction adapted to be elastically stretch- and contractible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Applicant: UNI-CHARM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toru Sasaki, Yoshio Ono, Satoru Sakaguchi, Tomoko Sugito
  • Publication number: 20050148988
    Abstract: Here is disclosed a disposable pull-on wearing article improved so that a body fluid absorbent core may be curved about a crotch region toward front and rear waist regions without forming thick creases creating a feeling of discomfort against a wearer, and wherein a concavity bulging downward may be quickly formed in the crotch region as the core is curved. The article includes a body fluid absorbent core which includes a first core lying on a transverse middle of a crotch region and a pair of second cores lying on both sides of the first core. Front and rear end portions of the respective second cores are spaced apart from the first core by slit-like gaps and intermediate portions extending between the front and rear end portions are contiguous to the first core. Outer side edges of the respective second cores are formed with laid down V-shape cutouts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Applicant: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Akiyoshi Kinoshita, Yoshio Ono, Tomoko Tsuji, Akiko Yagi
  • Patent number: 6682515
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent sanitary article that includes sheets to form a pair of flaps and a pair of flaps. The sheets are folded along flap fold lines back onto themselves, respectively, to form free edge portions of the respective pairs of flaps. Elastic members are secured under tension to the sheets inside the respective free edge portions and are spaced from the fold lines at least by 1 mm, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Katsumi Mizutani, Yoshio Ono, Hirotomo Mukai
  • Patent number: 6664440
    Abstract: A disposable undergarment is provided on inside of a waist-opening's peripheral edge with a sweat-absorbent sheet comprising an inner layer destined to come in contact with a wearer's skin and an outer layer opposed to the inner layer. The inner layer contains hydrophobic fibers of 70˜98 w % and hydrophilic fibers of at least 2 w %. The outer layer contains hydrophilic fibers of 50˜100 w % of which a part extends outward from the outer layer through interstices of the hydrophobic fibers to the skin contacting surface of the inner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Kouji Kawamura, Yoshio Ono
  • Patent number: 6575951
    Abstract: A body fluid absorbent inner panel including a topsheet, a backsheet, a core disposed therebetween and a pair of liquid-barrier side sheets longitudinally extending on the outer surface of the topsheet wherein a male type face fastener adapted to be anchored on the inner surface of an outer member serving to hold the inner panel is bonded to the lower surface of the backsheet and the barrier-side sheets extend from transversely opposite side edges of the inner panel on the lower surface of the backsheet and joined to the backsheet and the face fastener so as to cover transversely opposite ends of the face fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshio Ono, Katsumi Mizutani, Osamu Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 6547774
    Abstract: An absorbent disposable undergarment includes an outer garment, such as pants, in combination with a detachable absorbent pad attached inside thereof. First suspending flaps hang down from an inner side of a stretchable waist-opening peripheral edge of the pants toward a crotch section of the pants. The first suspending flaps are provided with first fastener elements that are disposed remote from the waist opening of the pants. Second suspending flaps extend upwardly from longitudinally opposite ends of the absorbent pad. The second suspending flaps are provided with second fastener elements, that are adapted to mate with the first fastener elements, and are disposed remote from the core of the pad. These second fasteners are releasably engaged with the first fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshio Ono, Yoshihisa Fujioka, Yoshikazu Takigawa
  • Publication number: 20030045855
    Abstract: An absorbent disposable undergarment comprises pants and an absorbent pad detachably attached to the pants. First suspending flaps hang down from an inner side of a stretchable waist-opening peripheral edge toward a crotch section of the pants. The first suspending flaps are provided with first fastening means. Second suspending flaps extend from longitudinally opposite end of an absorbent core of the pad. The second suspending flaps are provided with second fastening means which are releasably engaged with the first fastening means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 1996
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventors: YOSHIO ONO, YOSHIHISA FUJIOKA, YOSHIKAZU TAKIGAWA
  • Patent number: 6468257
    Abstract: A disposable body fluids absorbent article that includes a fastener member which is used to fasten the article to an undergarment. The fastener member is attached the rear surface of the article so that respective ends of the member may occupy respective corners of the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshio Ono, Katsumi Mizutani, Akiyoshi Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 6423046
    Abstract: An absorbent article including a laminated piece including a liquid-permeable top sheet, a back sheet and an absorbent core interposed between the top sheet and the back sheet. The region where the absorbent core is present includes a center region extending along a lengthwise direction of the absorbent article and side regions adjacent to the center region in a crosswise direction perpendicular to the lengthwise direction. The bending resistance (stiffness) of the laminated piece in the center region is higher than the bending resistance of the laminated piece in the side regions. The absorbent article can be attached in a stably fitting manner with no ready emergence of twisting or tucked-down wrinkles, when the absorbent article is overlaid on the inner face of an outer wear material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Fujioka, Yoshio Ono, Katsumi Mizutani
  • Publication number: 20020065498
    Abstract: A disposable diaper is composed of a liquid-permeable topsheet, a liquid-impermeable backsheet and a liquid-absorbent core. The core is formed with grooves each depressed in a direction from the side of a topsheet toward the side of a backsheet. The core contains water-absorbent fibers and superabsorbent polymer particles. These fibers and particles are disposed between portions of the topsheet covering bottoms and side walls of the grooves, and portions of the backsheet respectively opposed to the corresponding portions of the topsheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventors: Naoto Ohashi, Yoshio Ono, Toru Oba
  • Publication number: 20020065499
    Abstract: The disposable diaper includes a cover member and a body fluid absorbent member attached to an inner side of the cover member. The absorbent member is composed of a liquid-pervious topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core disposed therebetween. The core is formed on a side of the backsheet with a first groove concoved in a direction from the backsheet toward the topsheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventors: Naoto Ohashi, Yoshio Ono, Toru Oba