Patents by Inventor Geoff M. Nichols

Geoff M. Nichols 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).

  • Energy efficient infrared oven
    Patent number: 9945610
    Abstract: An oven may facilitate heating, curing, and/or drying processes for manufactured items, such as shoe parts, using multiple groups of infrared sources. Each group of infrared sources may comprise a plurality of sources having heating parameters, such as a peak wavelength, power, distance from items to be cured, number of infrared sources, etc. By staging different types of sources throughout an oven, different aspects of the curing process may be performed in an efficient fashion. Further, conditions within the oven such as temperature and relative humidity may be monitored and adjusted to optimize curing conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Shih-Yuan Wu, Patrick Conall Regan, Guo-Chang Wang, Geoff M. Nichols, Chih-Chi Chang
  • Energy Efficient Infrared Oven
    Publication number: 20140110390
    Abstract: An oven may facilitate heating, curing, and/or drying processes for manufactured items, such as shoe parts, using multiple groups of infrared sources. Each group of infrared sources may comprise a plurality of sources having heating parameters, such as a peak wavelength, power, distance from items to be cured, number of infrared sources, etc. By staging different types of sources throughout an oven, different aspects of the curing process may be performed in an efficient fashion. Further, conditions within the oven such as temperature and relative humidity may be monitored and adjusted to optimize curing conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Nike, Inc.
    Inventors: Shih-Yuan Wu, Patrick Conall Regan, Guo Chang Wang, Geoff M. Nichols, Chih-Chi Chang