Patents Assigned to Nike
  • Electrorheological fluid structure with attached conductor and method of fabrication
    Patent number: 11925235
    Abstract: A method of forming an electrorheological fluid structure with attached conductor and method of fabrication. A polymeric housing may have a channel defined therein. A first conductive trace may at least partially coincide with the channel. A first wire may have a first conductor surrounded by a first insulating jacket. The first conductor may be in electrical communication with the first conductive trace. A jacket bonding region of the first jacket may be welded to a housing bonding region of the housing. The jacket bonding region and the housing bonding region may be formed from a common type of polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven H. Walker, Chin-yuan Cheng
  • Structurally-colored articles and methods for making and using structurally-colored articles
    Patent number: 11925233
    Abstract: As described above, one or more aspects of the present disclosure provide articles having structural color, and methods of making articles having structural color. The present disclosure provides for articles that exhibit structural colors through the use of an optical element, where structural colors are visible colors produced, at least in part, through optical effects. The optical element (e.g., a single layer reflector, a single layer filter, a multilayer reflector or a multilayer filter) can include the reflective layer(s), constituent layers, and an optional textured surface. The optical element has a minimum percent reflectance in a wavelength range within the wavelength range of about 380 to 625 nanometers. The optical element imparts a structural color that corresponds substantially to the range of wavelength range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, INC.
    Inventors: Jeremy Gantz, Yuanmin Wang
  • Articles of footwear with printed material deposited thereon
    Patent number: 11925237
    Abstract: An article of footwear can include a sole structure, an upper, and a printed layer. The upper can be coupled to the sole structure. The printed layer can be disposed on the upper and include a plurality of printed materials each having a different hardness than an adjacent printed material. The plurality of printed materials can be arranged on the upper such that a stiffness of the upper is gradated from a toe portion of the upper to a heel portion of the upper, and a stiffness of the heel portion is greater than a stiffness of the toe portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan R. Larson, Todd W. Miller
  • Foot presence sensing systems for active footwear
    Patent number: 11925239
    Abstract: A foot presence sensor system for an active article of footwear can include a sensor housing configured to be disposed at or in an insole of the article, and a controller circuit, disposed within the sensor housing, configured to trigger one or more automated functions of the footwear based on a foot presence indication. In an example, the sensor system includes a capacitive sensor configured to sense changes in a capacitance signal in response to proximity of a body. A dielectric member can be provided between the capacitive sensor and the body to enhance an output signal from the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven H. Walker, Phillip Meneau
  • Athletic or other performance sensing systems
    Patent number: 11925477
    Abstract: Articles of footwear and other devices include modules, e.g., for sensing physical and/or physiological characteristics associated with use of the footwear or other devices. Such devices may include an authentication or activation system for providing power or otherwise determining the connection of a sensor in the article of footwear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: William E. Berner, Jr., Albert Shum, Charles W. Case, Allan M. Schrock, James A. Niegowski, William F. Rauchholz
  • Structurally-colored articles and methods for making and using structurally-colored articles
    Patent number: 11927720
    Abstract: One or more aspects of the present disclosure provide articles of manufacture and components of articles that incorporate an optical element that imparts structural color to the component or the article. The component comprises a cured or curable material, and can include or be made to have a textured surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, INC.
    Inventors: Jennifer Bee, Jeremy Gantz, Kim Kovel
  • Structurally-colored articles and methods of making and using structurally-colored articles
    Patent number: 11927719
    Abstract: Components of articles that include an optical element that imparts structural color to the component are provided. Methods of making the components including the optical element, and methods of using the components such as to make an article of manufacture are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, INC.
    Inventors: Jennifer Bee, Jeremy Gantz, Kim Kovel
  • Micro hook-and-loop closure system
    Patent number: 11925225
    Abstract: An article or garment comprising a micro hook-and-loop closure system is provided herein. The article comprises at least one extremity-covering portion. The distal end of the extremity-covering portion comprises a first textile at an outer-facing surface and a second textile at an inner-facing surface. The second textile includes micro hook or micro loop materials that releasably mate with complementary micro hook or micro loop materials of the first textile in order to place the micro hook-and-loop closure system in a closed configuration. The placement, size, and shape of each of the first and second textiles, as extending from a distal end toward a proximal end of the article, enable the article or garment to be expediently and comfortably donned and doffed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob R. Arnold, Raj C. Mistry
  • Article with fiber pattern and method of manufacturing the article using an embroidery machine
    Patent number: 11925240
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an article may include positioning a first textile sheet against a second textile sheet and reciprocating a single needle of an embroidery machine through the first textile sheet and the second textile sheet, the needle forcing fibers of the second textile sheet through the first textile sheet. The fibers may have terminal ends extending outward of an exterior side of the first textile sheet through which the fibers are forced. A method may include forcing fibers from a second side to an opposite side of a single textile sheet to create a pattern of the fibers on the opposite side. Various articles such as footwear uppers may be manufactured according to the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Fanny Yung Ho, Guillermo Raffaele
  • ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR WITH STACKED FOREFOOT BLADDERS
    Publication number: 20240074533
    Abstract: An article of footwear has a sole structure that includes a foam midsole layer. A first forefoot cushioning component is secured to the foot-facing surface of the foam midsole layer in the forefoot region, a second forefoot cushioning component overlies the first forefoot cushioning component, and a strobel extends at least in the forefoot region and the midfoot region and over the second forefoot cushioning component. One or more of the forefoot cushioning component, the second forefoot cushioning component, and the strobel may include a bladder and a tensile component. The bladder encloses and retains a gas in an interior cavity. The tensile component is disposed in the interior cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeremy L. Connell, Jason R. Meeker, Jason G. Petrie, Jacob Raymond Van Daam
  • Adjustable heel support member for article of footwear
    Patent number: 11918075
    Abstract: An adjustable heel support member includes a base portion and an extended portion. The extended portion comprises a lateral portion, a medial portion and a rearward portion. The heel support member further includes a fastening member that can be used to adjust the lateral portion, the medial portion and the rearward portion to resize the heel support member. In some cases, the fastening member may be an elastic ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Sergio Cavaliere
  • Carry case apparatus with wireless charger
    Patent number: 11923689
    Abstract: A carry case can house multiple removable electronic devices and facilitate wireless power or data communication among the devices. The case can include a primary coil for inductively receiving energy from a source device, and a secondary coil for inductively providing energy to a target device. The case can include a control circuit or a storage circuit coupled with the primary coil or the secondary coil. The control circuit can coordinate an inductive energy transfer among the source device, the target device, and the storage circuit using the primary or secondary coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Vikram Malhotra, Holli Pheil, Summer L. Schneider
  • Virtual performance system
    Patent number: 11918909
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to rewarding users of an electronic game for real-world physical activity. Further aspects relate to altering virtual items based upon physical activity. An electronic game may comprise or otherwise relate to an online world (such as a “Virtual World”). Users may be represented through customized graphical representations, such as avatars. An account of a user (or entity) may be associated a “virtual region.” A threshold level of real-world physical activity may result in obtaining a reward that may be associated with a virtual item. A reward may be configured to result in: (1) altering visual appearance of a virtual item within a virtual region; (2) altering a virtual characteristic of a virtual item, such that the first user may engage in at least one additional virtual activity using that virtual item; and/or (3) acquiring a new virtual item for a virtual region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Willoughby H. Walling
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D1016463
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Joël Ryp Greenspan
  • Bra
    Patent number: D1017181
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Ana Ocampo
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D1017196
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Gabriel T. Maselino
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D1017213
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Benjamin Nethongkome
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D1017216
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Juliana Sagat
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D1017218
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Gabriel T. Maselino
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D1017219
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Mélusine Dieudonné, JoseLuis Mariscal