Kao Corporation

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Okamoto Corporation

Kenji Ishiguro

Takao Koyama

Hidekazu Ito

Ken Nemoto

Tetsuya Masuki

Mikio Suzuki

Masanori Minato

Shigeto Yanagihara

Takafumi Inoue

Kenji Ando

Kenichiro Takumi

Manabu Matsui

Daiji Tamakura

Masayuki Tsuji

Shinnosuke Morita

Yutaka Murai

Kouichi Hosoya

Osamu Onishi

A piezoelectric fiber composite that includes a substrate having a first expansion and contraction rate, a piezoelectric fiber assembly having piezoelectric fibers that generate electrical charges upon application of external energy and has a second expansion and contraction rate different from the first expansion and contraction rate of the substrate, and a joint portion that joins the substrate and the piezoelectric fiber assembly.

Piezoelectric fiber composite having separate joint portions and piezoelectric clothing containing the same

A stretchable composite sheet having a number of ridges in a neat and orderly arrangement is disclosed. The stretchable composite sheet is easily produced by the process of the invention. The stretchable composite sheet is a laminate of a stretch sheetand a nonstretch sheet. The stretch sheethas first zoneshaving elastic stretchability and second zoneshaving less stretchability than the first zones. The first zonesand the second zonesextend in the same direction and alternate with each other. The stretch sheetand the nonstretch sheetare bonded over substantially the entire area of their facing sides. The stretchable composite sheet has a large number of ridgeson the side of the nonstretch sheet.

Stretchable composite sheet

A disposable diaper comprising a fluid-permeable topsheet, a fluid-impermeable backsheet and a fluid-retentive absorbent core interposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, the disposable diaper being formed in a substantially vertically elongated configuration and having a stomach side, a back side and a crotch region positioned between the stomach side and the back side, wherein a second absorbent core is disposed at an outside region of each opposite side edge of the absorbent core at the crotch region along a longitudinal direction of the diaper, and an elastic member is disposed at the region where the second absorbent core is disposed along a longitudinal direction of the diaper.

Disposable diaper with improved leak prevention properties

Disposable diaper including lateral side cores

The present invention has a configuration such that a plurality of leg portion elastic members are arranged around the respective leg openings of a disposable diaper so that the respective leg portion elastic members are not connected or cross each other in a crotch portion, the minimum width of an absorbent article body at the crotch portion is within the range of from 250 to 350 mm, and the opposite side edges in the width direction of the absorbent article body in the crotch portion bend towards the external surface of the diaper, when worn. As a result, the ability for absorbing a large amount of body waste can be easily ensured, and the performance of preventing leakage from the crotch portion can be easily improved.

Disposable diaper having leg flap absorbent articles

A disposable diaper is provided comprising a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, and a liquid retentive absorbent member interposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent member comprises, in admixture, a superabsorbent polymer A having a rate of absorption of 8 g/30 sec/0.3 g or more measured by DW method and a superabsorbent polymer B having a rate of absorption of 5 g/30 sec/0.3 g or less measured by DW method at a polymer A/polymer B weight ratio of 90/10 to 10/90. The admixture optionally further comprises fluff pulp in an amount of from 0 to 30% by weight.

Disposable diaper and absorbent member used therein

A disposable diaper including a fluid-permeable topsheet, a fluid-impermeable backsheet and a fluid-retentive absorbent core interposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, the disposable diaper being formed in a substantially vertically elongated configuration and having a stomach side, a back side and a crotch region positioned between the stomach side and the back side, wherein a second absorbent core is disposed at an outside region of each opposite side edge of the absorbent core at the crotch region along a longitudinal direction of the diaper, and an elastic member disposed at the region where the lateral absorbent cores are disposed along a longitudinal direction of the diaper.

A disposable diaper is provided comprising a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, and a liquid retentive absorbent member interposed between the two sheets, wherein the disposable diaper has a product basis weight of 50 to 220 g/cm , and a portion of the disposable diaper where the absorbent member is positioned has a portion having a rate of body fluid absorption of 3.0 g/sec or more and a portion having a saturated body fluid absorption of 75 g/100 cm or more.

Disposable diaper with absorbent member

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Tochigi, Japan

Kenji Ishiguro