Patents Assigned to Nike
  • Patent number: 12336589
    Abstract: Articles of footwear may include a knitted component defining at least part of a void and joined with a sole structure. The knitted component may include an interior knit layer, an exterior knit layer, and a plurality of inlaid courses of a high tenacity yarn between the interior and exterior knit layers. The plurality of inlaid courses of high tenacity yarn may include at least three courses of the high tenacity yarn, each of which may be separated from an adjacent course of the plurality by no more than five courses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Lauren E. Cox, Seth M. Wiberg, Roberto Zavala
  • Publication number: 20250194740
    Abstract: An article of footwear includes a sole structure having a cushioning component. The cushioning component includes a bladder defining an interior cavity between opposing inner surfaces of a first barrier sheet and a second barrier sheet, and the barrier sheets sealed to one another along a peripheral bond. A core is disposed in the interior cavity and spaced entirely inward of the peripheral bond. The core includes at least one polymeric sheet traversing the interior cavity between and directly bonded to the opposing inner surfaces of the barrier sheets at a plurality of wavy bonds to tether the barrier sheets to one another. The wavy bonds are arranged with waves having peaks and valleys extending in a fore-aft direction such that the at least one polymeric sheet does not create any sealed chambers within the bladder that are not in fluid communication with the interior cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2024
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick R. Case, Scott C. Holt, Dervin A. James, Kevin C. Sze
  • Publication number: 20250194742
    Abstract: A bladder for an article of footwear includes a plate, a first tensile layer disposed adjacent to a first side of the plate, and a second tensile layer disposed on an opposite side of the plate from the first tensile layer, the second tensile layer joined to the first tensile layer through the plate by a plurality of inner bonds. The bladder additionally includes a first barrier layer disposed adjacent to the first tensile layer and joined to the first tensile layer by a plurality of first outer bonds to form a first chamber, one or more of the first outer bonds interposed between adjacent ones of the inner bonds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2025
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary M. Elder, Roger Paul Murphy, Lee D. Peyton
  • Publication number: 20250194743
    Abstract: A cushioning component includes a bladder and a core. The bladder includes first and second barrier sheets defining an interior cavity between opposing inner surfaces of the barrier sheets. The core includes at least one polymeric sheet traversing the interior cavity between and directly bonded to the opposing inner surfaces at a plurality of bonds. The cushioning component includes a sidewall disposed around an outer perimeter of the core and directly bonded to the first and second barrier sheets at peripheral bonds to enclose the interior cavity. The core is disposed in the interior cavity and is decoupled from the sidewall. A method of manufacturing includes disposing blocker ink on opposing sides of at least one polymeric sheet, placing the at least one polymeric sheet between the barrier sheets, and thermally bonding the core to the opposing inner surfaces, and the sidewall to the barrier sheets at the peripheral bonds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2024
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick R. Case, Tory M. Cross, Viviane Labelle, Yuan Mu, Kevin C. Sze
  • Publication number: 20250194741
    Abstract: A cushioning component for a wearable article includes a bladder with barrier sheets defining an interior cavity. A core is disposed in the interior cavity and is spaced entirely inward of a peripheral bond between the barrier sheets. The core traverses the interior cavity between and is bonded to the opposing inner surfaces of the barrier sheets at a plurality of bonds. The core includes at least one polymeric sheet defining a plurality of spaced slots extending therethrough, each slot having a first end and a second end with both the first end and the second end inward of an outer perimeter of the core such that the core includes a plurality of strips bordering the slots and decoupled from one another at the slots, each strip bonded to at least one of the first barrier sheet or the second barrier sheet by at least one of the bonds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2024
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick R. Case, Tory M. Cross, Viviane Labelle, Yuan Mu, Kevin C. Sze
  • Publication number: 20250194750
    Abstract: An adjustment system for an article of footwear includes a body attached to an outer surface of the article of footwear and including a plurality of segments cooperating to define a chamber, the body movable between an elongated state and a collapsed state and a bladder attached to the article of footwear and defining an interior void in fluid communication with the chamber, the bladder movable from a relaxed state to a constricted state when the body is moved from the collapsed state to the elongated state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2024
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Austin J. Orand, Yen-Lin Lee, To-Chun Lin, Chih-Ta Chien, Richard Kristian Hansen, Chia-Chi Lin, Kimberly A. Sokol
  • Publication number: 20250194746
    Abstract: A device configured to surround a portion of a foot-receiving cavity at a heel region of an article of footwear comprises a control bar having a center segment, a first side arm extending from the center segment, and a second side arm spaced from the first side arm and extending from the center segment. The control bar may include a series of slats. A base supports the control bar and is connected to the first side arm and the second side arm. The control bar is biased to an unstressed position with the center segment a first distance from the base, and elastically bends under an applied force to a loaded position with the center segment a second distance from the base less than the first distance. The device stores potential energy that returns the control bar to the unloaded position upon removal of the applied load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2025
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Tiffany A. Beers, John T. Dimoff, Wade Flanagan, Austin Orand, George A. Xanthos
  • Publication number: 20250194744
    Abstract: An article of footwear includes a sole structure that has a cushioning component. The cushioning component includes a bladder and a multi-sheet core disposed in the bladder and bonded to inner sides of barrier sheets of the bladder to act as a tensile component. The barrier sheets define an interior cavity and are sealed to one another along a peripheral bond to enclose and retain a gas in the interior cavity. The multi-sheet core is spaced entirely inward of the peripheral bond and is directly bonded to the opposing inner surfaces of the first and second barrier sheets. The multi-sheet core does not create any sealed chambers within the bladder that are not in fluid communication with the interior cavity. No bonds securing the multi-sheet core to the opposing inner surfaces extend continuously from a medial edge of the multi-sheet core to a lateral edge of the multi-sheet core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2024
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick R. Case, Scott C. Holt, Dervin A. James, Kevin C. Sze
  • Patent number: 12334204
    Abstract: Example embodiments relate to a system, method, apparatus, and computer readable media configured to generate a multiple renditions of a user interface that is updated based upon athletic movements of two or more users remotely located from each other. The UI may be configured to simultaneously display energy expenditure values in real-time. In further embodiments, a joint energy expenditure values determined from multiple remote users may be simultaneously displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Teresa Aragones, John M. Gordon, Adriana Guerrero, Christina S. Self, Paul T. Winsper, Kristopher L. Homsi
  • Patent number: 12335224
    Abstract: A method for providing customer service includes electronically receiving an inquiry from a user via a messaging engine; analyzing the inquiry to determine an inquiry parameter selected from the group consisting of a complexity of the inquiry, a number of outstanding inquiries, and an urgency of the inquiry; adjusting a reward amount based on the inquiry parameter, wherein the reward amount increases as the complexity, number of outstanding inquiries, or urgency increases; offering the adjusted reward amount to a pool of agents; and assigning the inquiry to a message queue of an agent from the pool of agents that accepts the offered adjusted reward amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Dan Keller
  • Patent number: 12333371
    Abstract: A wearable article, system, and method includes a structure configured to enclose a body part, a first antenna, in a first positon on or within the structure, tuned to communicate according to a wireless communication modality through air, a second antenna, in a second position on or within the structure, tuned to communicate according to the wireless communication modality through the body part, the first antenna being tuned differently than the second antenna, and a transceiver, operatively coupled to at least one of the first antenna and the second antenna, configured to communicate with an external antenna via the at least one of the first and second antennas according to the wireless communication modality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Holli Pheil
  • Patent number: D1079214
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Minuk You
  • Patent number: D1079216
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Enrico Carbonere
  • Patent number: D1079221
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Enrico Carbonere
  • Patent number: D1079223
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin Reyes
  • Patent number: D1079224
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Ethan Lee
  • Patent number: D1079225
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Rolando Hernandez Garcilazo
  • Patent number: D1079234
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Tate E. Kuerbis
  • Patent number: D1079235
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Ethan Lee
  • Patent number: D1079236
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Juliana Sagat, Yang Zhao