Patents by Inventor Dick Lin

Dick Lin 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).

  • Cleats, Cleated Sole Structures, Molds and Molding Methods for In-Molding Articles
    Publication number: 20170215518
    Abstract: Cleat structures, e.g., for golf shoes, may include a flat and flexible interior surface and/or a generally disk-shaped perimeter area that includes features to promote in-molding of the cleat to a footwear sole component (e.g., to permanently engage the cleat with an outsole member). Such cleats may provide a flexible and comfortable base, including a low profile, e.g., to enable formation relatively thin and/or flexible footwear sole components. Footwear sole components and articles of footwear that include one or more in-molded cleat structures of this type also are described. Molds used for in-molding procedures and methods of using the molds to make articles with in-molded components (e.g., for making footwear sole structures including one or more in-molded cleats) also are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Darien Curl, Dick Lin, Nicole Mueller, Ricardo Salinas, JR., David Tu
  • Cleats, cleated sole structures, molds, and molding methods for in-molding articles
    Patent number: 9125452
    Abstract: Cleat structures, e.g., for golf shoes, may include a flat and flexible interior surface and/or a generally disk-shaped perimeter area that includes features to promote in-molding of the cleat to a footwear sole component (e.g., to permanently engage the cleat with an outsole member). Such cleats may provide a flexible and comfortable base, including a low profile, e.g., to enable formation relatively thin and/or flexible footwear sole components. Footwear sole components and articles of footwear that include one or more in-molded cleat structures of this type also are described. Molds used for in-molding procedures and methods of using the molds to make articles with in-molded components (e.g., for making footwear sole structures including one or more in-molded cleats) also are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: NIKE, Incorporated
    Inventors: Darien Curl, Dick Lin, Nicole Mueller, Ricardo Salinas, Jr., David Tu
  • CLEATS, CLEATED SOLE STRUCTURES, MOLDS, AND MOLDING METHODS FOR IN-MOLDING ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20140215857
    Abstract: Cleat structures, e.g., for golf shoes, may include a flat and flexible interior surface and/or a generally disk-shaped perimeter area that includes features to promote in-molding of the cleat to a footwear sole component (e.g., to permanently engage the cleat with an outsole member). Such cleats may provide a flexible and comfortable base, including a low profile, e.g., to enable formation relatively thin and/or flexible footwear sole components. Footwear sole components and articles of footwear that include one or more in-molded cleat structures of this type also are described. Molds used for in-molding procedures and methods of using the molds to make articles with in-molded components (e.g., for making footwear sole structures including one or more in-molded cleats) also are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: NIKE, INC.
    Inventors: Darien Curl, Dick Lin, Nicole Mueller, Ricardo Salinas, JR., David Tu
  • CLEATS, CLEATED SOLE STRUCTURES, MOLDS, AND MOLDING METHODS FOR IN-MOLDING ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20140215862
    Abstract: Cleat structures, e.g., for golf shoes, may include a flat and flexible interior surface and/or a generally disk-shaped perimeter area that includes features to promote in-molding of the cleat to a footwear sole component (e.g., to permanently engage the cleat with an outsole member). Such cleats may provide a flexible and comfortable base, including a low profile, e.g., to enable formation relatively thin and/or flexible footwear sole components. Footwear sole components and articles of footwear that include one or more in-molded cleat structures of this type also are described. Molds used for in-molding procedures and methods of using the molds to make articles with in-molded components (e.g., for making footwear sole structures including one or more in-molded cleats) also are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: NIKE, INC.
    Inventors: Darien Curl, Dick Lin, Nicole Mueller, Ricardo Salinas, JR., David Tu
  • CLEATS, CLEATED SOLE STRUCTURES, MOLDS, AND MOLDING METHODS FOR IN-MOLDING ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20140215729
    Abstract: Cleat structures, e.g., for golf shoes, may include a flat and flexible interior surface and/or a generally disk-shaped perimeter area that includes features to promote in-molding of the cleat to a footwear sole component (e.g., to permanently engage the cleat with an outsole member). Such cleats may provide a flexible and comfortable base, including a low profile, e.g., to enable formation relatively thin and/or flexible footwear sole components. Footwear sole components and articles of footwear that include one or more in-molded cleat structures of this type also are described. Molds used for in-molding procedures and methods of using the molds to make articles with in-molded components (e.g., for making footwear sole structures including one or more in-molded cleats) also are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: NIKE, INC.
    Inventors: Darien Curl, Dick Lin, Nicole Mueller, Ricardo Salinas, JR., David Tu