Patents by Inventor Bruce Alan Barney
Bruce Alan Barney 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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Patent number: 11910878Abstract: A sole structure for an article of footwear. The sole structure includes at least one support plate located on an underside of a midsole on a medial forefoot side of the midsole and extending from a medial edge of the midsole to at least a longitudinal center line of the midsole, wherein a lateral edge of the plate is located medially of the lateral edge of the midsole. The support plate may contain at least one sipe or groove extending laterally across the midsole to provide flexibility in a forefoot-to-heel direction of the midsole. The support plate may contain at least one rail.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2023Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Bryan N. Farris, Bruce Alan Barney, Rachel M. Savage, Alison Sheets-Singer
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Patent number: 11795595Abstract: A manufacturing frame comprises one or more alignment tabs. Each alignment tab comprises an alignment element. The alignment element interacts with a corresponding alignment element at a manufacturing station to identify to the manufacturing station the position and orientation of the frame. The frame supports a flexible material in a known position and orientation relative to the frame, allowing the manufacturing station to infer the position and orientation of the flexible material on the frame from the interaction of the alignment elements on the frame and the manufacturing station.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2018Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Jared S. Baggen, Bruce Alan Barney, Daniel B. DeHaven, Bruce J. Kilgore, John Joseph Terlizzi
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Publication number: 20230232936Abstract: A sole structure for an article of footwear. The sole structure includes at least one support plate located on an underside of a midsole on a medial forefoot side of the midsole and extending from a medial edge of the midsole to at least a longitudinal center line of the midsole, wherein a lateral edge of the plate is located medially of the lateral edge of the midsole. The support plate may contain at least one sipe or groove extending laterally across the midsole to provide flexibility in a forefoot-to-heel direction of the midsole. The support plate may contain at least one rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Bryan N. Farris, Bruce Alan Barney, Rachel M. Savage, Alison Sheets-Singer
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Patent number: 11641906Abstract: A sole structure for an article of footwear. The sole structure includes at least one support plate located on an underside of a midsole on a medial forefoot side of the midsole and extending from a medial edge of the midsole to at least a longitudinal center line of the midsole, wherein a lateral edge of the plate is located medially of the lateral edge of the midsole. The support plate may contain at least one sipe or groove extending laterally across the midsole to provide flexibility in a forefoot-to-heel direction of the midsole. The support plate may contain at least one rail.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2021Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Bryan N. Farris, Bruce Alan Barney, Rachel M. Savage, Alison Sheets-Singer
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Publication number: 20210267304Abstract: A sole structure for an article of footwear. The sole structure includes at least one support plate located on an underside of a midsole on a medial forefoot side of the midsole and extending from a medial edge of the midsole to at least a longitudinal center line of the midsole, wherein a lateral edge of the plate is located medially of the lateral edge of the midsole. The support plate may contain at least one sipe or groove extending laterally across the midsole to provide flexibility in a forefoot-to-heel direction of the midsole. The support plate may contain at least one rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2021Publication date: September 2, 2021Inventors: Bryan N. Farris, Bruce Alan Barney, Rachel M. Savage, Alison Sheets-Singer
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Patent number: 11041264Abstract: A system for stitching two parts of a shoe together includes a stitching machine with a head and a cylinder bed. The head has a needle base disposed on a lower end adjacent the cylinder bed such that the two shoe parts can be stitched together therebetween. A positioning mechanism has a curved drive frame and is capable of moving the curved drive frame in a rotating motion along the circumference of the curved drive frame and in a linear direction generally along an axis of the curved drive frame. A jig positions the two shoe parts with respect to one another and is coupled to the curved drive frame. The jig includes a curved support surface for supporting the two shoe parts.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2019Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Bruce Alan Barney, Kassio Figur, Jessica Anne Junkins, Sara Kilgore
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Publication number: 20190365053Abstract: A system for stitching two parts of a shoe together includes a stitching machine with a head and a cylinder bed. The head has a needle base disposed on a lower end adjacent the cylinder bed such that the two shoe parts can be stitched together therebetween. A positioning mechanism has a curved drive frame and is capable of moving the curved drive frame in a rotating motion along the circumference of the curved drive frame and in a linear direction generally along an axis of the curved drive frame. A jig positions the two shoe parts with respect to one another and is coupled to the curved drive frame. The jig includes a curved support surface for supporting the two shoe parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Bruce Alan BARNEY, Kassio FIGUR, Jessica Anne JUNKINS, Sara KILGORE
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Publication number: 20190119843Abstract: A manufacturing frame comprises one or more alignment tabs. Each alignment tab comprises an alignment element. The alignment element interacts with a corresponding alignment element at a manufacturing station to identify to the manufacturing station the position and orientation of the frame. The frame supports a flexible material in a known position and orientation relative to the frame, allowing the manufacturing station to infer the position and orientation of the flexible material on the frame from the interaction of the alignment elements on the frame and the manufacturing station.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2018Publication date: April 25, 2019Inventors: Jared Baggen, Bruce Alan Barney, Daniel B. DeHaven, Bruce J. Kilgore, John Joseph Terlizzi
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Patent number: 5792988Abstract: A cable assembly (8, 80) including an electrical cable (10) having a flexible tubular jacket (12) and a reinforcing structure (14) attached to the outside of the jacket in a smooth sealing connection (30), and a method of using radio-frequency electrical energy, applied radially through the cable jacket (12) and the reinforcing structure (14), to make the connection (30). A shield conductor (26) inside the cable jacket (14) may be used as an RF electrode, with a second RF electrode (42, 44) circumscribing a portion of the cable (12) and the reinforcing structure (14) and shaping the outer surface of the connection. The RF energy may be used instead to activate an adhesive (108). An outer electrode (118) may be embedded in the reinforcing structure (116) in one variation of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 1996Date of Patent: August 11, 1998Assignee: The Whitaker CorporationInventors: James Francis McIntire, Larry Duane Stopper, Robert Lee Beckman, Dan Alan Vance, Daniel B. Smith, Bruce Alan Barney
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Patent number: 5789725Abstract: A cable assembly (8, 80) including an electrical cable (10) having a flexible tubular jacket (12) and a reinforcing structure (14) attached to the outside of the jacket in a smooth sealing connection (30), and a method of using radio-frequency electrical energy, applied radially through the cable jacket (12) and the reinforcing structure (14), to make the connection (30). A shield conductor (26) inside the cable jacket (14) may be used as an RF electrode, with a second RF electrode (42, 44) circumscribing a portion of the cable (12) and the reinforcing structure (14) and shaping the outer surface of the connection. The RF energy may be used instead to activate an adhesive (108). An outer electrode (118) may be embedded in the reinforcing structure (116) in one variation of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 1997Date of Patent: August 4, 1998Assignee: The Whitaker CorporationInventors: James Francis McIntire, Larry Duane Stopper, Robert Lee Beckman, Dan Alan Vance, Daniel B. Smith, Bruce Alan Barney