Patents by Inventor Daniel B. DeHaven
Daniel B. DeHaven 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).
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Patent number: 11795595Abstract: A manufacturing frame comprises one or more alignment tabs. Each alignment tab comprises an alignment element. The alignment element interacts with a corresponding alignment element at a manufacturing station to identify to the manufacturing station the position and orientation of the frame. The frame supports a flexible material in a known position and orientation relative to the frame, allowing the manufacturing station to infer the position and orientation of the flexible material on the frame from the interaction of the alignment elements on the frame and the manufacturing station.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2018Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Jared S. Baggen, Bruce Alan Barney, Daniel B. DeHaven, Bruce J. Kilgore, John Joseph Terlizzi
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Publication number: 20230248119Abstract: A manufacturing process involving a series of discrete operations can be modified by adding, removing, or reordering operations, without design changes to the equipment. The manufacturing process uses a frame comprising one or more alignment tabs. Each alignment tab comprises an alignment element. The alignment element interacts with a corresponding alignment element at a manufacturing station to identify to the manufacturing station the position and orientation of the frame. The frame supports a material in a known position and orientation relative to the frame, allowing the manufacturing station to infer the position and orientation of the pliable material on the frame from the interaction of the alignment elements on the frame and the manufacturing station. The operations at any particular manufacturing station can therefore be positioned independent of what operations, if any, have come before, or in what order.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Daniel B. DeHaven, Bruce J. Kilgore
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Patent number: 11700917Abstract: A manufacturing process involving a series of discrete operations can be modified by adding, removing, or reordering operations, without design changes to the equipment. The manufacturing process uses a frame comprising one or more alignment tabs. Each alignment tab comprises an alignment element. The alignment element interacts with a corresponding alignment element at a manufacturing station to identify to the manufacturing station the position and orientation of the frame. The frame supports a material in a known position and orientation relative to the frame, allowing the manufacturing station to infer the position and orientation of the pliable material on the frame from the interaction of the alignment elements on the frame and the manufacturing station. The operations at any particular manufacturing station can therefore be positioned independent of what operations, if any, have come before, or in what order.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2018Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Daniel B. DeHaven, Bruce J. Kilgore
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Patent number: 11612218Abstract: An article of footwear formed from a flat pattern to include a side seam and/or utilizing aperture alignment of multiple flat pattern pieces is disclosed. In aspects, an article of footwear, such as an upper, is formed from a flat pattern and modified into a dimensional article of footwear that includes a side closing. The side closing may comprise adjoined side edges of the flat pattern upper that are secured to each other with a securing element to maintain the dimensional article of footwear in its shape. Alignment of the parts may be provided through at least partial alignment of apertures in the flat pattern upper and apertures in a securing element and/or other flat pattern pieces, including using multi-purpose apertures, allowing streamlined processing and manufacturing of footwear.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2020Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Bruce J. Kilgore, Douglas A. Beye, Daniel B. DeHaven, Kassio Figur, Jessica Anne Junkins, Sara Kilgore
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Publication number: 20210015211Abstract: An article of footwear formed from a flat pattern to include a side seam and/or utilizing aperture alignment of multiple flat pattern pieces is disclosed. In aspects, an article of footwear, such as an upper, is formed from a flat pattern and modified into a dimensional article of footwear that includes a side closing. The side closing may comprise adjoined side edges of the flat pattern upper that are secured to each other with a securing element to maintain the dimensional article of footwear in its shape. Alignment of the parts may be provided through at least partial alignment of apertures in the flat pattern upper and apertures in a securing element and/or other flat pattern pieces, including using multi-purpose apertures, allowing streamlined processing and manufacturing of footwear.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2020Publication date: January 21, 2021Inventors: Bruce J. Kilgore, Douglas A. Beye, Daniel B. DeHaven, Kassio Figur, Jessica Anne Junkins, Sara Kilgore
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Patent number: 10820659Abstract: An article of footwear formed from a flat pattern to include a side seam and/or utilizing aperture alignment of multiple flat pattern pieces is disclosed. In aspects, an article of footwear, such as an upper, is formed from a flat pattern and modified into a dimensional article of footwear that includes a side closing. The side closing may comprise adjoined side edges of the flat pattern upper that are secured to each other with a securing element to maintain the dimensional article of footwear in its shape. Alignment of the parts may be provided through at least partial alignment of apertures in the flat pattern upper and apertures in a securing element and/or other flat pattern pieces, including using multi-purpose apertures, allowing streamlined processing and manufacturing of footwear.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Bruce J. Kilgore, Douglas A. Beye, Daniel B. DeHaven, Kassio Figur, Jessica Anne Junkins, Sara Kilgore
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Publication number: 20190119843Abstract: A manufacturing frame comprises one or more alignment tabs. Each alignment tab comprises an alignment element. The alignment element interacts with a corresponding alignment element at a manufacturing station to identify to the manufacturing station the position and orientation of the frame. The frame supports a flexible material in a known position and orientation relative to the frame, allowing the manufacturing station to infer the position and orientation of the flexible material on the frame from the interaction of the alignment elements on the frame and the manufacturing station.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Jared Baggen, Bruce Alan Barney, Daniel B. DeHaven, Bruce J. Kilgore, John Joseph Terlizzi
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Publication number: 20190116938Abstract: A manufacturing process involving a series of discrete operations can be modified by adding, removing, or reordering operations, without design changes to the equipment. The manufacturing process uses a frame comprising one or more alignment tabs. Each alignment tab comprises an alignment element. The alignment element interacts with a corresponding alignment element at a manufacturing station to identify to the manufacturing station the position and orientation of the frame. The frame supports a material in a known position and orientation relative to the frame, allowing the manufacturing station to infer the position and orientation of the pliable material on the frame from the interaction of the alignment elements on the frame and the manufacturing station. The operations at any particular manufacturing station can therefore be positioned independent of what operations, if any, have come before, or in what order.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: DANIEL B. DeHAVEN, BRUCE J. KILGORE
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Patent number: 9113675Abstract: An article of footwear may include a plurality of segments. Each of the plurality of segments may form a portion of a combined upper and sole structure. A bootie may line the combined upper and sole structure. The bootie may interconnect the plurality of segments such that the plurality of segments are independently moveable with respect to one another.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2013Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Daniel B. DeHaven, Benjamin J. Monfils, Sara C. Novotny, Dylan S. VanAtta