Patents by Inventor Derek Kuo

Derek Kuo 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).

  • SOLE STRUCTURE FOR AN ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR
    Publication number: 20240138519
    Abstract: A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a midsole having a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and a peripheral surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. The bottom surface includes a recess defining a first opening in the peripheral surface. The sole structure for an article of footwear also includes an insert disposed within the recess and including a first material having a first gloss unit value and a second material disposed on an outer surface of the first material and having a second gloss unit value. The second material is at least partially disposed within the first opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Jones, Michael F. Joubert, Derek Kuo, Yong S. Lee, Thea Moshofsky, Randall S. Wolfe
  • Sole structure for an article of footwear
    Patent number: 11889892
    Abstract: A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a midsole having a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and a peripheral surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. The bottom surface includes a recess defining a first opening in the peripheral surface. The sole structure for an article of footwear also includes an insert disposed within the recess and including a first material having a first gloss unit value and a second material disposed on an outer surface of the first material and having a second gloss unit value. The second material is at least partially disposed within the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Jones, Michael F. Joubert, Derek Kuo, Yong S. Lee, Thea Moshofsky, Randall S. Wolfe
  • Press pad for assembling parts of a shoe
    Patent number: 11484098
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods that employ a press pad for forming shoe parts, or subassemblies, for example a sole subassembly. The adaptive pad may conform to a topography of a pattern of recesses of a shoe part and provide sufficient rigidity to facilitate formation of a bond during pressing of the one or more shoe parts to form the sole subassembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Kuo, Yen Lin Lee, Dawei Wang, Hugo Lin
  • SOLE STRUCTURE FOR AN ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR
    Publication number: 20220211145
    Abstract: A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a midsole having a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and a peripheral surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. The bottom surface includes a recess defining a first opening in the peripheral surface. The sole structure for an article of footwear also includes an insert disposed within the recess and including a first material having a first gloss unit value and a second material disposed on an outer surface of the first material and having a second gloss unit value. The second material is at least partially disposed within the first opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Jones, Michael F. Joubert, Derek Kuo, Yong S. Lee, Thea Moshofsky, Randall S. Wolfe
  • Sole structure for an article of footwear
    Patent number: 11291271
    Abstract: A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a midsole having a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and a peripheral surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. The bottom surface includes a recess defining a first opening in the peripheral surface. The sole structure for an article of footwear also includes an insert disposed within the recess and including a first material having a first gloss unit value and a second material disposed on an outer surface of the first material and having a second gloss unit value. The second material is at least partially disposed within the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Jones, Michael F. Joubert, Derek Kuo, Yong S. Lee, Thea Moshofsky, Randall S. Wolfe
  • SOLE STRUCTURE FOR AN ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR
    Publication number: 20210085028
    Abstract: A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a midsole having a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and a peripheral surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. The bottom surface includes a recess defining a first opening in the peripheral surface. The sole structure for an article of footwear also includes an insert disposed within the recess and including a first material having a first gloss unit value and a second material disposed on an outer surface of the first material and having a second gloss unit value. The second material is at least partially disposed within the first opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Jones, Michael F. Joubert, Derek Kuo, Bruce Lee, Thea Moshofsky, Randall S. Wolfe
  • PRESS PAD FOR ASSEMBLING PARTS OF A SHOE
    Publication number: 20190365055
    Abstract: Aspects of this disclosure relate to apparatuses and methods that employ a press pad for forming shoe parts, or subassemblies, for example a sole subassembly. The adaptive pad may conform to a topography of a pattern of recesses of a shoe part and provide sufficient rigidity to facilitate formation of a bond during pressing of the one or more shoe parts to form the sole subassembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Derek Kuo, Yen Lin Lee, Hugo Lin, Dawei Wang