Patents by Inventor Brendan Donohoe

Brendan Donohoe 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).

  • Publication number: 20200068999
    Abstract: An article of footwear and related method includes a midsole, an upper secured with respect to the midsole, and a lace extending across the upper, the lace having a securing member, a first segment of the lace having a first apparent length and a second segment of the lace, separated from the first segment by the securing member, having a second apparent length. A motorized lacing system is configured to engage with the lace to increase and decrease tension on the lace. The motorized lacing system includes a motor and a spool, coupled to the motor, configured to spool and unspool the lace, the spool having a plurality of notches, each of the plurality of notches configured to seat the securing member, wherein the first apparent length and the second apparent length is adjustable based on which of the plurality of notches the securing member is seated in.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventor: Brendan Donohoe
  • Publication number: 20200068981
    Abstract: An article of footwear, lacing engine, and method includes a motor, a transmission operatively coupled to the motor, and a lace spool. The lace spool is operatively coupled to the transmission and includes a top lace groove in a top surface of the lace spool and a circumferential channel, wherein the lace is configured to be inserted in the top lace groove and be taken up around the circumferential channel based on a turning of the lace spool from action by the motor and transmission. A fastener is configured to couple the lace spool to the transmission and is inserted into the lace spool via the top surface, the fastener having a head having a head width sufficient to partially cover the top lace groove, leaving a top gap having a gap width less than a thickness of the lace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Brian Aznoe, Brendan Donohoe, Andrew Owenson, James Stevenson
  • Patent number: 10455867
    Abstract: An assembly includes a housing having a receptacle defining a chamber and an opening on a top side of the receptacle providing access to the chamber, such that the receptacle receives an electronic module within the chamber. First and second contact members have first and second contact pads, respectively, positioned outside the chamber on an underside of the receptacle opposite the top side and first and second arms, respectively extending from the first and second contact pads through a wall of the receptacle to form first and second electrical contacts exposed within the chamber. The first and second contact pads each have widths that are enlarged relative to the first and second arms, respectively. The first electrical contact and the second electrical contact form an interface exposed within the chamber and configured for removable electronic connection to a connector of the module when the module is received in the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Brendan Donohoe, Alice Fockele, Brian L. Kash
  • Publication number: 20190167866
    Abstract: A surgical tissue therapy device includes a sealant layer and a collection chamber. The sealant layer functions so as to create a sealed enclosure, or space between it and the surface of a patient, by forming an airtight seal around a surgical area of skin trauma. The closed incision tissue therapy device also comprises a collection chamber, which may comprise an elongate tubular chamber with a plurality of longitudinally spaced openings. The collection chamber may be configured to be in fluid communication with the sealant layer and the area of skin trauma and functions as to distribute the negative pressure applied to a surgically closed area of skin trauma. Preferably, the pressure under the sealant layer is reduced by expanding the volume of the enclosure space and thereby decreasing the density of air molecules under the sealant layer. The collection material may comprise a material and/or a configuration that permits length changes based upon the length of the corresponding surgical wound or incision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Dean HU, Kenton FONG, Moshe PINTO, Kenneth WU, Craig MC GREEVY, Brendan DONOHOE
  • Publication number: 20180295897
    Abstract: An assembly includes a housing having a receptacle defining a chamber and an opening on a top side of the receptacle providing access to the chamber, such that the receptacle receives an electronic module within the chamber. First and second contact members have first and second contact pads, respectively, positioned outside the chamber on an underside of the receptacle opposite the top side and first and second arms, respectively extending from the first and second contact pads through a wall of the receptacle to form first and second electrical contacts exposed within the chamber. The first and second contact pads each have widths that are enlarged relative to the first and second arms, respectively. The first electrical contact and the second electrical contact form an interface exposed within the chamber and configured for removable electronic connection to a connector of the module when the module is received in the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Brendan Donohoe, Alice Fockele, Brian L. Kash
  • Publication number: 20180295895
    Abstract: A manufacturing method a housing assembly including a receptacle defining a chamber and having an access opening providing access to the chamber to removably receive an electronic module within the chamber. The housing assembly further includes first and second contact members each having a contact pad positioned outside the chamber and an arm extending from the contact pad into the chamber to form electrical contacts of an interface exposed to the chamber. The method includes connecting conductive leads to the contact pads to place the leads in electronic communication with the contacts, and bonding the housing assembly to a wearable article. The housing assembly is bonded between top and bottom layers of material forming a portion of the wearable article, such that the top and bottom layers are bonded to the receptacle by a bonding material. The article has an electrically-powered component, and the leads are connected to the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Brendan Donohoe, Keith Folske, Brian L. Kash, Kevin Steward
  • Publication number: 20180295896
    Abstract: A system includes an electronic module containing an electronic component and a connector in communication with the electronic component, and a housing defining a chamber and having an opening providing access to the chamber to receive the electronic module. The housing has an interface for removable electronic connection to the connector of the module when the module is received in the chamber, and the housing further has a magnet connected to the housing. The module includes a sensor configured to sense the magnet when the module is received in the chamber, and the module is configured to deactivate the connector when the sensor does not sense the magnet and to activate the connector when the sensor does sense the magnet. The sensor may be a Hall effect sensor and/or the connector may be configured for connection to a USB port in various configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Brendan Donohoe, Keith Folske, Brian L. Kash, Kevin Steward
  • Publication number: 20170304512
    Abstract: A surgical tissue therapy device includes a sealant layer and a collection chamber. The sealant layer functions so as to create a sealed enclosure, or space between it and the surface of a patient, by forming an airtight seal around a surgical area of skin trauma. The closed incision tissue therapy device also comprises a collection chamber, which may comprise an elongate tubular chamber with a plurality of longitudinally spaced openings. The collection chamber may be configured to be in fluid communication with the sealant layer and the area of skin trauma and functions as to distribute the negative pressure applied to a surgically closed area of skin trauma. Preferably, the pressure under the sealant layer is reduced by expanding the volume of the enclosure space and thereby decreasing the density of air molecules under the sealant layer. The collection material may comprise a material and/or a configuration that permits length changes based upon the length of the corresponding surgical wound or incision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Dean HU, Kenton FONG, Moshe PINTO, Kenneth WU, Craig MC GREEVY, Brendan DONOHOE
  • Publication number: 20160184140
    Abstract: Reduced pressure wound therapy is performed on a sacral region of a patient using an adhesive dressing comprising a flexible planar layer and a non-planar fold-sealing region configured to seal to the intergluteal cleft of a patient. The fold-sealing region is located on an outer edge of the adhesive dressing and comprises a tapered configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Dean Hu, Kenton Fong, Moshe Pinto, Kenneth Wu, Evan Anderson, Tony Coxum, Brendan Donohoe, Philip Hui, Craig McGreevy
  • Patent number: 9345822
    Abstract: A surgical tissue therapy device includes a sealant layer and a collection chamber. The sealant layer functions so as to create a sealed enclosure, or space between it and the surface of a patient, by forming an airtight seal around a surgical area of skin trauma. The closed incision tissue therapy device also comprises a collection chamber, which may comprise an elongate tubular chamber with a plurality of longitudinally spaced openings. The collection chamber may be configured to be in fluid communication with the sealant layer and the area of skin trauma and functions as to distribute the negative pressure applied to a surgically closed area of skin trauma. Preferably, the pressure under the sealant layer is reduced by expanding the volume of the enclosure space and thereby decreasing the density of air molecules under the sealant layer. The collection material may comprise a material and/or a configuration that permits length changes based upon the length of the corresponding surgical wound or incision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean Hu, Kenton Fong, Moshe Pinto, Kenneth Wu, Craig McGreevy, Brendan Donohoe
  • Patent number: 9259358
    Abstract: Reduced pressure wound therapy is performed on a sacral region of a patient using an adhesive dressing comprising a flexible planar layer and a non-planar fold-sealing region configured to seal to the intergluteal cleft of a patient. The fold-sealing region is located on an outer edge of the adhesive dressing and comprises a tapered configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: KCI Licensing, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean Hu, Kenton Fong, Moshe Pinto, Kenneth Wu, Evan Anderson, Tony Coxum, Brendan Donohoe, Philip Hui, Craig McGreevy
  • Patent number: 8566359
    Abstract: Empty elements or positions in an arrangement of data are hidden or revealed to present an overview of the relationships between empty and non-empty elements. Empty elements may be revealed at fractional increments of the interval between the two items. Additional empty elements may be revealed at smaller fractional increments of the intervals. Empty elements may be revealed at fixed increments within the interval between two items, with additional empty elements revealed at further multiples of this increment. Hierarchical arrangements of data may be unfolded or expanded to reveal additional empty or non-empty elements at further hierarchy levels. Similarly, nodes of arbitrary graphs that are empty, associated with a specified hierarchy level, and/or satisfy any other criteria may be automatically hidden and grouped with visible items. Hidden data may be revealed based on hierarchy level or a relative position with respect to one, two, or more visible items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Pixar
    Inventors: Brendan Donohoe, Murat N. Konar, Robert Jensen, Oren Jacob
  • Publication number: 20130172857
    Abstract: A surgical tissue therapy device includes a sealant layer and a collection chamber. The sealant layer functions so as to create a sealed enclosure, or space between it and the surface of a patient, by forming an airtight seal around a surgical area of skin trauma. The closed incision tissue therapy device also comprises a collection chamber, which may comprise an elongate tubular chamber with a plurality of longitudinally spaced openings. The collection chamber may be configured to be in fluid communication with the sealant layer and the area of skin trauma and functions as to distribute the negative pressure applied to a surgically closed area of skin trauma. Preferably, the pressure under the sealant layer is reduced by expanding the volume of the enclosure space and thereby decreasing the density of air molecules under the sealant layer. The collection material may comprise a material and/or a configuration that permits length changes based upon the length of the corresponding surgical wound or incision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventors: Dean Hu, Kenton Fong, Moshe Pinto, Kenneth Wu, Craig Mc Greevy, Brendan Donohoe
  • Patent number: 8409159
    Abstract: A surgical tissue therapy device includes a sealant layer and a collection chamber. The sealant layer functions so as to create a sealed enclosure, or space between it and the surface of a patient, by forming an airtight seal around a surgical area of skin trauma. The closed incision tissue therapy device also comprises a collection chamber, which may comprise an elongate tubular chamber with a plurality of longitudinally spaced openings. The collection chamber may be configured to be in fluid communication with the sealant layer and the area of skin trauma and functions as to distribute the negative pressure applied to a surgically closed area of skin trauma. Preferably, the pressure under the sealant layer is reduced by expanding the volume of the enclosure space and thereby decreasing the density of air molecules under the sealant layer. The collection material may comprise a material and/or a configuration that permits length changes based upon the length of the corresponding surgical wound or incision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Spiracur, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean Hu, Kenton Fong, Moshe Pinto, Kenneth Wu, Craig McGreevy, Brendan Donohoe
  • Patent number: 8366693
    Abstract: A surgical tissue therapy device includes a sealant layer and a collection chamber. The sealant layer functions so as to create a sealed enclosure, or space between it and the surface of a patient, by forming an airtight seal around a surgical area of skin trauma. The closed incision tissue therapy device also comprises a collection chamber, which may comprise an elongate tubular chamber with a plurality of longitudinally spaced openings. The collection chamber may be configured to be in fluid communication with the sealant layer and the area of skin trauma and functions as to distribute the negative pressure applied to a surgically closed area of skin trauma. Preferably, the pressure under the sealant layer is reduced by expanding the volume of the enclosure space and thereby decreasing the density of air molecules under the sealant layer. The collection material may comprise a material and/or a configuration that permits length changes based upon the length of the corresponding surgical wound or incision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Spiracur, Inc.
    Inventors: Dean Hu, Kenton Fong, Moshe Pinto, Kenneth Wu, Craig McGreevy, Brendan Donohoe
  • Patent number: 8361043
    Abstract: Reduced pressure wound therapy is performed on a sacral region of a patient using an adhesive dressing comprising a flexible planar layer and a non-planar fold-sealing region configured to seal to the intergluteal cleft of a patient. The fold-sealing region is located on an outer edge of the adhesive dressing and comprises a tapered configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Spiracur Inc.
    Inventors: Dean Hu, Kenton Fong, Moshe Pinto, Kenneth Wu, Evan Anderson, Anthony Coxum, Brendan Donohoe, Philip Hui, Craig McGreevy
  • Patent number: 8205169
    Abstract: An application user interface includes multiple editors, each presenting a data view and controls for operating on data. The application user interface includes a windowed mode and a full-screen mode. The windowed mode displays multiple editors simultaneously, such as in separate windows or panes. The full-screen mode displays a primary editor that substantially covers the application display area. The full-screen mode displays the secondary editors as drawer user interface elements arranged along the edges of the application display area. Secondary editors are displayed and accessed as needed via these drawer user interface elements. The relative arrangement of editors is preserved when switching between windowed mode and full-screen mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Pixar
    Inventors: Brendan Donohoe, Robert Jensen, Oren Jacob
  • Publication number: 20110015594
    Abstract: A surgical tissue therapy device includes a sealant layer and a collection chamber. The sealant layer functions so as to create a sealed enclosure, or space between it and the surface of a patient, by forming an airtight seal around a surgical area of skin trauma. The closed incision tissue therapy device also comprises a collection chamber, which may comprise an elongate tubular chamber with a plurality of longitudinally spaced openings. The collection chamber may be configured to be in fluid communication with the sealant layer and the area of skin trauma and functions as to distribute the negative pressure applied to a surgically closed area of skin trauma. Preferably, the pressure under the sealant layer is reduced by expanding the volume of the enclosure space and thereby decreasing the density of air molecules under the sealant layer. The collection material may comprise a material and/or a configuration that permits length changes based upon the length of the corresponding surgical wound or incision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Dean Hu, Kenton Fong, Moshe Pinto, Kenneth Wu, Craig McGreevy, Brendan Donohoe
  • Publication number: 20100262126
    Abstract: A surgical tissue therapy device includes a sealant layer and a collection chamber. The sealant layer functions so as to create a sealed enclosure, or space between it and the surface of a patient, by forming an airtight seal around a surgical area of skin trauma. The closed incision tissue therapy device also comprises a collection chamber, which may comprise an elongate tubular chamber with a plurality of longitudinally spaced openings. The collection chamber may be configured to be in fluid communication with the sealant layer and the area of skin trauma and functions as to distribute the negative pressure applied to a surgically closed area of skin trauma. Preferably, the pressure under the sealant layer is reduced by expanding the volume of the enclosure space and thereby decreasing the density of air molecules under the sealant layer. The collection material may comprise a material and/or a configuration that permits length changes based upon the length of the corresponding surgical wound or incision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Dean Hu, Kenton Fong, Moshe Pinto, Kenneth Wu, Craig McGreevy, Brendan Donohoe
  • Publication number: 20100174250
    Abstract: Reduced pressure wound therapy is performed on a sacral region of a patient using an adhesive dressing comprising a flexible planar layer and a non-planar fold-sealing region configured to seal to the intergluteal cleft of a patient. The fold-sealing region is located on an outer edge of the adhesive dressing and comprises a tapered configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: Spiracur Inc.
    Inventors: Dean Hu, Kenton Fong, Moshe Pinto, Kenneth Wu, Evan Anderson, Tony Coxum, Brendan Donohoe, Philip Hui, Craig McGreevy