Patents Examined by Danny Worrell
  • Patent number: 11578436
    Abstract: A knitting machine part comprises a plurality of tool guides, each for one knitting tool. Each tool guide has a hardened region. The majority of the hardened regions are formed to be integral without seams or joints which transition integrally into adjacent, non-hardened regions. At least one hardened region of the knitting machine part is formed by a non-integral region, in that a hardened, separate component is arranged there, which forms the non-integral hardened region. The component can be designed as an insert part and inserted in a receptacle recess. The integral regions are preferably formed by induction hardening of a knitting machine part which is not yet hardened, wherein a separate hardened component can be arranged in each insufficiently hardened region in order to provide a hardened, non-integral region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: GROZ-BECKERT KG
    Inventors: Rainer Krauss, Markus Settegast
  • Patent number: 11578442
    Abstract: Described are stent grafts with at least on branch and mandrels used to form the stent grafts. Methods of making and using them are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
    Inventors: Rodney White, George Kopchok, Carlos Donayre
  • Patent number: 11572642
    Abstract: An upper for an article of footwear may include a first area and a second area. The first area may be located on at least one of a lateral and a medial side of the upper, where the first area includes a plurality of first knit courses, and at least a majority of the first knit courses are at least partially formed by a first yarn. The second area may be located adjacent to the first area, where the second area extends through at least one of a lateral side and a medial side of a throat area of the upper. The second area may include a plurality of second knit courses and at least a majority of the second knit courses are formed by a second yarn. The second yarn may have a tenacity of at least 5 g/D. The first yarn may have a tenacity of less than 5 g/D, in some embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Ashleigh S. Line, Nicolino Matteo, Juan L. Aceves Tinajero
  • Patent number: 11566353
    Abstract: Aspects herein provide for a knit component having a tubular rib knit structure that extends away from a base portion of the knit component. The tubular rib knit structure includes at least a first portion extending along a longitudinal side of the tubular rib knit structure, where the first portion exhibits a first visual effect at a first area of the knit component and exhibits a second visual effect at a second area of the knit component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Payton Rose, Joseph Zack, Yang Chung-Chun, Yung Huang Pan
  • Patent number: 11566354
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an upper for an article of footwear. The upper may include a knit element defining a portion of at least one of an exterior surface of the upper and an opposite interior surface of the upper. The interior surface may define a void. A tongue and the knit element may have a common yarn, and the tongue may extend through a throat area of the upper. The tongue may comprise a lateral edge, a medial edge, and a forward portion. At least one of the lateral edge and the medial edge of the tongue may be unsecured to the knit element. The tongue and the knit element may comprise a common yarn at least at the forward portion of the tongue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Bhupesh Dua, Daniel A. Podhajny, Benjamin A. Shaffer, Daren P. Tatler, Bruce Huffa
  • Patent number: 11560652
    Abstract: A knitted component may include a molded thermoplastic polymer element surrounded by a knit element, where the knit element includes a first layer forming a first side and a second layer forming a second side facing opposite the first side, the first layer and the second layer being coextensive and secured via interlooped knit loops that form at least a portion of the molded thermoplastic polymer element. The first side may include the molded thermoplastic polymer element, where the second layer is coextensive with the thermoplastic polymer element, and where the second side faces opposite the first side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: William C. McFarland, II, Leah Resneck
  • Patent number: 11560654
    Abstract: An upper-torso garment includes a tubular-jacquard knit structure within a chest-covering portion. The tubular-jacquard knit structure includes interlocked courses formed by each front-stitch course intermittently interlocking with a back-stitch course. The tubular-jacquard knit structure is divided into a plurality of zones across the chest-covering portion that may vary based on how front-stitch courses interlock with back-stitch courses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Josue Diaz, Virginia Meckley, Paul R. Montgomery, Nicole Rendone, Andrea J. Staub
  • Patent number: 11560653
    Abstract: Systems and methods for manufacturing knitted shoe uppers. An article of fully finished three-dimensionally weft knitted footwear is manufactured through a knitting process which can be performed by an automated V-bed flat knitting machine. The knitting process includes manipulating one or more double-knit stitch types and joining the stitches exclusively in the knitting process to create a seamless upper to fit a foot. A resulting upper advantageously has no sewn seams and requires no manual post process to cut or sew the upper to create the dimensional shape. The process creates a seamless, full gauge, dimensionally stable footwear upper, as a unitary textile construction with an integrated anatomically appropriate heel. The entire upper, including the closure element of the upper, may be completed exclusively by the knitting machine, ready for the following shoe making process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Fabdesigns, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Huffa, Concetta Maria Huffa
  • Patent number: 11555262
    Abstract: The invention relates to a knit having barbs protruding outwards from both faces obtained by knitting yarns of biocompatible material in guide-bars B2, B3 and B4 of a knitting machine, wherein the knitting patterns followed by guide-bars B2 and B3 involve at least two needles and produce an arrangement of yarns defining two faces of the knit, the knitting pattern followed by guide-bar B4 making stitches generating loops protruding outwards from each of the faces of the knit, guide-bar B4 being threaded with a hot-melt monofilament yarn, heat-setting the knit, forming barbs by cutting the loops via melting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: SOFRADIM PRODUCTION
    Inventors: Xavier Couderc, Anthony Mira, Francoise Varone, Yves Bayon
  • Patent number: 11549206
    Abstract: A textile component may include a knitted component with a first knit layer, a second knit layer, and a pocket, where the pocket is located between the first knit layer and the second knit layer. A spacing element may be included, where the spacing element is located within the pocket. An embroidered element on an exterior surface of the first knit layer may be included, where the embroidered element extends through the first knit layer but does not extend through the second knit layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Dalton T. Durrell, Chaokun Huangfu
  • Patent number: 11542641
    Abstract: A knitted article, having a basic knitted fabric which is knitted from at least one basic knitted fabric thread, and at least two plush threads which are plated on the basic knitted fabric thread and which configure first and second plush loops, wherein the first and the second plush loops have dissimilar heights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: MEDI GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Jan Atmanspacher
  • Patent number: 11535964
    Abstract: Provided is a weft knit fabric with excellent raw edge properties and flexural softness. This weft knit fabric, which contains non-elastic yarns and elastic yarns and has a front surface and a back surface, is characterized in that: the elastic yarns connect the front surface with the back surface; the front surface and the back surface have portions wherein the non-elastic yarns and the elastic yarns form needle loops together; and the ratio of the number of sinker loops formed by the non-elastic yarns and the elastic yarns together with respect to the total number of sinker loops of the non-elastic yarns on the front surface and the back surface is not more than 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Norito Kashima
  • Patent number: 11523647
    Abstract: Provided is a knit fabric which does not cause feelings of clamminess, feels very cool to the touch and is comfortable, and limits feelings of stickiness and post-sweat chill through rapid drying of sweat, and at the same time is capable of further improving texture. The garment comprises a multilayer-structure circular-knit fabric made of a single circular knit with a layered structure of at least two layers, and the surface that contacts the skin is the needle-loop side of the circular-knit fabric. The circular-knit fabric has portions in which long cellulose fibers and hydrophobic fibers are knit together to form the same knit loops. The garment contains 10-50 weight % of the long cellulose fibers. The exposure rate of the long cellulose fibers in the region from the surface of the side that contacts the skin to 0.13 mm into the interior of the circular-knit fabric is at least 30%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Naoki Yanagita
  • Patent number: 11525197
    Abstract: A knitted textile (2) having a first layer (4) including a first yarn (12) with a thermoplastic composition integrally formed with a second layer (6) including a second yarn (14), the first yarn (12) forming an array of knitted patterns (16) defining voids (8) through the first layer (4) to the second layer (6). The first layer (4) may be heat treated to form a film. (24). Treatment of the first layer (4) may change zonal and directional tensile properties of the knitted textile (2). The Poisson's ratio of the knitted textile (2) may be greater than or equal to zero in a first axis (32) and/or a second axis (30), before and/or after treatment. Articles of apparel, including articles of footwear (26) and garments incorporating the knitted textile (2), and methods of forming the knitted textiles (2) and articles are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: John S. MacGilbert, William C. McFarland, II
  • Patent number: 11519109
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a garment includes gathering customer data from a plurality of customers, the customer data being associated with respective ones of a plurality of garment orders and including customer information regarding at least one customizable garment parameter and generating a schedule for producing a plurality of customized garments including analyzing the at least one customizable garment parameter for the at least some of the plurality of garment orders. The method further includes manufacturing the plurality of customized garments according to the schedule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: BOLT THREADS, INC.
    Inventors: Myrrhia Rae Resneck, Mitchell Joseph Heinrich
  • Patent number: 11512415
    Abstract: Staple cartridge assemblies for use with surgical stapling instruments and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. Scaffolds for use with a surgical staple cartridge and methods for manufacturing the same are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Michael J. Vendely, Victoria Dalessandro, Jason L. Harris, Frederick E. Shelton, IV
  • Patent number: 11505882
    Abstract: The invention provides a system for performing dynamic production and knitting machine work management comprising a production demand management unit, an advanced scheduling management unit, a cloth pattern storage unit and a manufacturing execution unit. The production demand management unit receives at least one production demand data. The advanced scheduling management unit generates a production scheduling data according to working conditions of a plurality of knitting machines and the production demand data. The cloth pattern storage unit stores a plurality of knitting machine work setting data. The manufacturing execution unit controls each knitting machine to extract one of the plurality of knitting machine work setting data from the cloth pattern storage unit based on a production cloth pattern data. The knitting machine work setting data is forcibly deleted by the knitting machine when a knitting number meets a set value defined by the knitting number limiting data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: WHOLEKNIT INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chih-Wen Liao
  • Patent number: 11503863
    Abstract: A footwear device is disclosed herein that includes a knitted outer sock with an anatomical sole attached to its external bottom surface. The anatomical sole includes a raised arch support region and may, in some embodiments, include a plurality of apertures extending from a top surface of the sole through to a bottom surface of the sole. In other embodiments, however, the anatomical sole may be free from apertures. The anatomical sole may be shaped to curve upward along one or more of its edges (e.g., on a medial side and on a lateral side). In these and other embodiments, the anatomical sole may curve upward in a heel region to wrap around a heel area of the outer sock. An inner sock may optionally be positioned within the outer sock to provide additional cushioning and support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: FLY KYTIN CORP.
    Inventors: Anthony D. Hendrix, Stephanie L. Brown
  • Patent number: 11499252
    Abstract: An apparatus with open loop yarns separator guides on each side of a main body. This body having an ergonomic shape and supported by a ring shape mount to fit on a finger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Inventor: Patricia Blanca Hilda Ramsauer
  • Patent number: 11492734
    Abstract: A method for providing intermediate manufactures for production of manufactures such as an inshoe, footlet, no-show sock, shoes or the like with double thickness, with a circular hosiery knitting machine and an intermediate manufacture obtained with the method. The method has the particularity that it comprises at least the following steps: a step of providing a first tubular portion of knitted fabric; a casting-off step, in which a portion of knitted fabric is provided by moving to knit a group of contiguous needles at the at least one feed; a casting-on step, in which a portion of knitted fabric is provided by moving to knit a group of contiguous needles at the at least one feed; a step of providing a second tubular portion of knitted fabric by actuating the needle cylinder with a continuous rotary motion about its own axis in one direction of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: LONATI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Ettore Lonati, Fausto Lonati, Francesco Lonati