Patents by Inventor Andrew Luther
Andrew Luther 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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Publication number: 20250017319Abstract: A midsole for an article of footwear including a three-dimensional mesh including interconnected unit cells and methods of making the same. The interconnected unit cells each include a plurality of struts defining a three-dimensional shape. The interconnected unit cells are connected at nodes having a valence number defined by the number of struts connected at that node. The valence number of the nodes may vary to provide customized characteristics to zones or portions of the midsole. The plurality of interconnected unit cells may be organized in a warped cubic lattice structure. The warped cubic lattice structure and the size/shape of interconnected unit cells may vary to provide customized characteristics to zones or portions of the midsole. The three-dimensional mesh may be customized based on a biometric data profile for an individual, or group of individuals. The midsole may be manufactured using an additive manufacturing process.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2024Publication date: January 16, 2025Inventors: Jacques PERRAULT, Derek Andrew LUTHER, Berin Skye B., Marco Florian KORMANN
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Publication number: 20250000206Abstract: An article of footwear may include a sole and an upper connected to the sole. The sole may include a first solid component and a second solid component. The sole may further include an additively manufactured mesh component that is arranged between the first solid component and the second solid component. The mesh component may be connected to each of the first solid component and the second solid component.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2024Publication date: January 2, 2025Inventors: Zachary C. COONROD, Berin Skye B, Keith A. BLUME, Derek Andrew LUTHER, Ladan SALARI-SHARIF, Iain Martin HANNAH, Jacques M. PERRAULT, Christian Manuel ARIAS DELGADO, Dustin KENDRICK
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Patent number: 12102172Abstract: A midsole for an article of footwear including a three-dimensional mesh including interconnected unit cells and methods of making the same. The interconnected unit cells each include a plurality of struts defining a three-dimensional shape. The interconnected unit cells are connected at nodes having a valence number defined by the number of struts connected at that node. The valence number of the nodes may vary to provide customized characteristics to zones or portions of the midsole. The plurality of interconnected unit cells may be organized in a warped cubic lattice structure. The warped cubic lattice structure and the size/shape of interconnected unit cells may vary to provide customized characteristics to zones or portions of the midsole. The three-dimensional mesh may be customized based on a biometric data profile for an individual, or group of individuals. The midsole may be manufactured using an additive manufacturing process.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: adidas AGInventors: Jacques Perrault, Derek Andrew Luther, Berin Skye B, Marco Florian Kormann, Pradeepan Indrakumar, Florian Josel Fick, Felix Braun, Yuehong Tu, Andrew Jacob Schneider, Christian Siegl, Brendan Epley
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Patent number: 12082646Abstract: An article of footwear may include a sole and an upper connected to the sole. The sole may include a first solid component and a second solid component. The sole may further include an additively manufactured mesh component that is arranged between the first solid component and the second solid component. The mesh component may be connected to each of the first solid component and the second solid component.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2020Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: adidas AGInventors: Zachary C. Coonrod, Berin Skye B, Keith A. Blume, Derek Andrew Luther, Ladan Salari-Sharif, Iain Martin Hannah, Jacques M. Perrault, Christian Manuel Arias Delgado, Dustin Kendrick
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Patent number: 11659889Abstract: A midsole for an article of footwear including a three dimensional mesh including interconnected unit cells and methods of making the same. The interconnected unit cells each include a plurality of struts defining a three dimensional shape. The interconnected unit cells are connected at nodes having a valence number defined by the number of struts connected at that node. The valence number of the nodes may vary to provide customized characteristics to zones or portions of the midsole. The plurality of interconnected unit cells may be organized in a warped cubic lattice structure. The warped cubic lattice structure and the size/shape of interconnected unit cells may vary to provide customized characteristics to zones or portions of the midsole. The three dimensional mesh may be customized based on a biometric data profile for an individual, or group of individuals. The midsole may be manufactured using an additive manufacturing process.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: adidas AGInventors: Jacques Perrault, Derek Andrew Luther, Berin Skye B, Marco Florian Kormann
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Publication number: 20220110408Abstract: An article of footwear may include a sole and an upper connected to the sole. The sole may include a first solid component and a second solid component. The sole may further include an additively manufactured mesh component that is arranged between the first solid component and the second solid component. The mesh component may be connected to each of the first solid component and the second solid component.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2020Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventors: Zachary C. Coonrod, Berin Skye B, Keith A. Blume, Derek Andrew Luther, Ladan Salari-Sharif, Iain Martin Hannah, Jacques M. Perrault, Christian Manuel Arias Delgado, Dustin Kendrick
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Publication number: 20210177093Abstract: A midsole for an article of footwear including a three-dimensional mesh including interconnected unit cells and methods of making the same. The interconnected unit cells each include a plurality of struts defining a three-dimensional shape. The interconnected unit cells are connected at nodes having a valence number defined by the number of struts connected at that node. The valence number of the nodes may vary to provide customized characteristics to zones or portions of the midsole. The plurality of interconnected unit cells may be organized in a warped cubic lattice structure. The warped cubic lattice structure and the size/shape of interconnected unit cells may vary to provide customized characteristics to zones or portions of the midsole. The three-dimensional mesh may be customized based on a biometric data profile for an individual, or group of individuals. The midsole may be manufactured using an additive manufacturing process.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2021Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: Jacques PERRAULT, Derek Andrew LUTHER, Berin Skye B, Marco Florian KORMANN, Pradeepan INDRAKUMAR, Florian Josel FICK, Felix BRAUN, Yuehong TU, Andrew Jacob SCHNEIDER, Christian SIEGL, Brendan EPLEY
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Patent number: 10932521Abstract: A midsole for an article of footwear including a three dimensional mesh including interconnected unit cells and methods of making the same. The interconnected unit cells each include a plurality of struts defining a three dimensional shape. The interconnected unit cells are connected at nodes having a valence number defined by the number of struts connected at that node. The valence number of the nodes may vary to provide customized characteristics to zones or portions of the midsole. The plurality of interconnected unit cells may be organized in a warped cubic lattice structure. The warped cubic lattice structure and the size/shape of interconnected unit cells may vary to provide customized characteristics to zones or portions of the midsole. The three dimensional mesh may be customized based on a biometric data profile for an individual, or group of individuals. The midsole may be manufactured using an additive manufacturing process.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2018Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: adidas AGInventors: Jacques Perrault, Derek Andrew Luther, Berin Skye B, Marco Florian Kormann, Pradeepan Indrakumar, Florian Josel Fick, Felix Braun, Yuehong Tu, Andrew Jacob Schneider, Christian Siegl, Brendan Epley
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Publication number: 20200196706Abstract: A midsole for an article of footwear including a three dimensional mesh including interconnected unit cells and methods of making the same. The interconnected unit cells each include a plurality of struts defining a three dimensional shape. The interconnected unit cells are connected at nodes having a valence number defined by the number of struts connected at that node. The valence number of the nodes may vary to provide customized characteristics to zones or portions of the midsole. The plurality of interconnected unit cells may be organized in a warped cubic lattice structure. The warped cubic lattice structure and the size/shape of interconnected unit cells may vary to provide customized characteristics to zones or portions of the midsole. The three dimensional mesh may be customized based on a biometric data profile for an individual, or group of individuals. The midsole may be manufactured using an additive manufacturing process.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2020Publication date: June 25, 2020Inventors: Jacques PERRAULT, Derek Andrew LUTHER, Berin Skye B, Marco Florian KORMANN
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Patent number: 10575588Abstract: A midsole for an article of footwear including a three dimensional mesh including interconnected unit cells and methods of making the same. The interconnected unit cells each include a plurality of struts defining a three dimensional shape. The interconnected unit cells are connected at nodes having a valence number defined by the number of struts connected at that node. The valence number of the nodes may vary to provide customized characteristics to zones or portions of the midsole. The plurality of interconnected unit cells may be organized in a warped cubic lattice structure. The warped cubic lattice structure and the size/shape of interconnected unit cells may vary to provide customized characteristics to zones or portions of the midsole. The three dimensional mesh may be customized based on a biometric data profile for an individual, or group of individuals. The midsole may be manufactured using an additive manufacturing process.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2017Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: adidas AGInventors: Jacques Perrault, Derek Andrew Luther, Berin Skye B, Marco Florian Kormann
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Publication number: 20190325390Abstract: An online agricultural system manages and optimizes interactions of entities within the system to enable the execution of transaction and the transportation of crop products. The online agricultural system accesses historic and environmental data describing factors that may impact crop product transactions and/or transportation to determine market prices for crop products and crop product transportation. Responsive to receiving a request from an entity, the online agricultural system determines an optimal transaction for the entity, such as a price for selling a crop product, an available crop product for purchase, or a transportation opportunity to transport a crop product.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Inventors: David Patrick Perry, Barry Loyd Knight, Eric Michael Jeck, Rachel Ariel Raymond, Neal Hitesh Rajdev, Geoffrey Albert von Maltzahn, Robert Berendes, Kearney Klein, Misha Sidorsky, Frank Crespo, Jacqueline Li, Justin Y H Wong, Brian Birtwistle, Michael Hall, Andrew Luther, Jonathan Hennek, Ean Shaughnessy Wahl Mullins, Lisa Hoopes
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Publication number: 20190325534Abstract: An online agricultural system manages and optimizes interactions of entities within the system to enable the execution of transaction and the transportation of crop products. The online agricultural system accesses historic and environmental data describing factors that may impact crop product transactions and/or transportation to determine market prices for crop products and crop product transportation. Responsive to receiving a request from an entity, the online agricultural system determines an optimal transaction for the entity, such as a price for selling a crop product, an available crop product for purchase, or a transportation opportunity to transport a crop product.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Inventors: David Patrick Perry, Barry Loyd Knight, Eric Michael Jeck, Rachel Ariel Raymond, Neal Hitesh Rajdev, Geoffrey Albert von Maltzahn, Robert Berendes, Kearney Klein, Misha Sidorsky, Frank Crespo, Jacqueline Li, Justin Y H Wong, Brian Birtwistle, Michael Hall, Andrew Luther, Lisa Hoopes
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Publication number: 20190325387Abstract: An online agricultural system manages and optimizes interactions of entities within the system to enable the execution of transaction and the transportation of crop products. The online agricultural system accesses historic and environmental data describing factors that may impact crop product transactions and/or transportation to determine market prices for crop products and crop product transportation. Responsive to receiving a request from an entity, the online agricultural system determines an optimal transaction for the entity, such as a price for selling a crop product, an available crop product for purchase, or a transportation opportunity to transport a crop product.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Inventors: David Patrick Perry, Barry Loyd Knight, Eric Michael Jeck, Rachel Ariel Raymond, Neal Hitesh Rajdev, Geoffrey Albert von Maltzahn, Robert Berendes, Kearney Klein, Misha Sidorsky, Frank Crespo, Jacqueline Li, Justin Y H Wong, Brian Birtwistle, Michael Hall, Andrew Luther, Jonathan Hennek, Ean Shaughnessy Wahl Mullins, Lisa Hoopes
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Publication number: 20180271211Abstract: A midsole for an article of footwear including a three dimensional mesh including interconnected unit cells and methods of making the same. The interconnected unit cells each include a plurality of struts defining a three dimensional shape. The interconnected unit cells are connected at nodes having a valence number defined by the number of struts connected at that node. The valence number of the nodes may vary to provide customized characteristics to zones or portions of the midsole. The plurality of interconnected unit cells may be organized in a warped cubic lattice structure. The warped cubic lattice structure and the size/shape of interconnected unit cells may vary to provide customized characteristics to zones or portions of the midsole. The three dimensional mesh may be customized based on a biometric data profile for an individual, or group of individuals. The midsole may be manufactured using an additive manufacturing process.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Jacques PERRAULT, Derek Andrew LUTHER, Berin Skye B, Marco Florian KORMANN, Pradeepan INDRAKUMAR, Florian Josel FICK, Felix BRAUN, Yuehong TU
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Publication number: 20180271213Abstract: A midsole for an article of footwear including a three dimensional mesh including interconnected unit cells and methods of making the same. The interconnected unit cells each include a plurality of struts defining a three dimensional shape. The interconnected unit cells are connected at nodes having a valence number defined by the number of struts connected at that node. The valence number of the nodes may vary to provide customized characteristics to zones or portions of the midsole. The plurality of interconnected unit cells may be organized in a warped cubic lattice structure. The warped cubic lattice structure and the size/shape of interconnected unit cells may vary to provide customized characteristics to zones or portions of the midsole. The three dimensional mesh may be customized based on a biometric data profile for an individual, or group of individuals. The midsole may be manufactured using an additive manufacturing process.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2017Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Jacques PERRAULT, Derek Andrew LUTHER, Berin Skye B, Marco Florian KORMANN
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Patent number: 9533759Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a drone. The drone may include: a navigation unit configured to determine the location of the drone and navigate the drone to designated locations; a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader configured to read RFID tag information from RFID tags; and a wireless network transceiver configured to periodically transmit the location of the drone and RFID tag information to an inventory management system. Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by a drone. The method may include: receiving navigation path information; navigating the drone along the navigation path based on satellite location signals; determining current position information based on the satellite location signals; reading RFID tag information from a first RFID tag; and transmitting the RFID tag information and the current position information via a wireless client to a central computing system.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2015Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: AZURE SKY GROUP LLC.Inventors: Adam Jones, Jason Van Valin, Paul K. Komla, Andrew Luther
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Publication number: 20150266577Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a drone. The drone may include: a navigation unit configured to determine the location of the drone and navigate the drone to designated locations; a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader configured to read RFID tag information from RFID tags; and a wireless network transceiver configured to periodically transmit the location of the drone and RFID tag information to an inventory management system. Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by a drone. The method may include: receiving navigation path information; navigating the drone along the navigation path based on satellite location signals; determining current position information based on the satellite location signals; reading RFID tag information from a first RFID tag; and transmitting the RFID tag information and the current position information via a wireless client to a central computing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: Adam Jones, Jason Van Valin, Paul K. Komla, Andrew Luther
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Patent number: 8989922Abstract: Various exemplary embodiments relate to a drone. The drone may include: a navigation unit configured to determine the location of the drone and navigate the drone to designated locations; a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader configured to read RFID tag information from RFID tags; and a wireless network transceiver configured to periodically transmit the location of the drone and RFID tag information to an inventory management system. Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by a drone. The method may include: receiving navigation path information; navigating the drone along the navigation path based on satellite location signals; determining current position information based on the satellite location signals; reading RFID tag information from a first RFID tag; and transmitting the RFID tag information and the current position information via a wireless client to a central computing system.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Azure Sky Group, LLC.Inventors: Adam Jones, Jason Van Valin, Paul K. Komla, Andrew Luther
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Patent number: D907904Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2018Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: adidas AGInventors: Jacques Perrault, Derek Andrew Luther, Berin Skye B, Marco Florian Kormann