Patents by Inventor Guillermo Raffaele
Guillermo Raffaele 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: 11925240Abstract: A method of manufacturing an article may include positioning a first textile sheet against a second textile sheet and reciprocating a single needle of an embroidery machine through the first textile sheet and the second textile sheet, the needle forcing fibers of the second textile sheet through the first textile sheet. The fibers may have terminal ends extending outward of an exterior side of the first textile sheet through which the fibers are forced. A method may include forcing fibers from a second side to an opposite side of a single textile sheet to create a pattern of the fibers on the opposite side. Various articles such as footwear uppers may be manufactured according to the method.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Fanny Yung Ho, Guillermo Raffaele
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Publication number: 20230210215Abstract: A method of manufacturing a midsole for an article of footwear includes cutting a pattern of openings at least partway through a midsole with a cutting tool driven by an embroidery machine. An article of footwear includes a midsole defining a pattern of openings extending at least partway through the midsole. An inner surface of the midsole is contoured and the midsole includes upwardly-extending sidewalls. At least some of the openings extend relatively nonparallel with one another through the sidewalls and splay away from one another along longitudinal axes of the openings.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2023Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Fanny Yung Ho, Guillermo Raffaele
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Patent number: 11617423Abstract: A method of manufacturing a midsole for an article of footwear includes cutting a pattern of openings at least partway through a midsole with a cutting tool driven by an embroidery machine. An article of footwear includes a midsole defining a pattern of openings extending at least partway through the midsole. An inner surface of the midsole is contoured and the midsole includes upwardly-extending sidewalls. At least some of the openings extend relatively nonparallel with one another through the sidewalls and splay away from one another along longitudinal axes of the openings.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2020Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Fanny Yung Ho, Guillermo Raffaele
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Publication number: 20230070422Abstract: A method of manufacturing an article may include loading a soluble bobbin thread into an embroidery machine and then driving a needle thread through a base sheet with a needle of the embroidery machine according to a programmed first pattern that provides a series of loops of the needle thread extending outward from a bobbin side of the base sheet. The method may further include bonding the needle thread to a needle side of the base sheet opposite from the bobbin side. A spacer layer may be disposed at the bobbin side of the base sheet, and may be removed after the needle thread is bonded to the base sheet. The loops may be loops of a hook-and-loop fastener or ball control features in various articles manufactured according to the method.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Fanny Yung Ho, Guillermo Raffaele
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Patent number: 11591733Abstract: One general aspect of the present disclosure includes an assembly including: a support device having a surface for receiving a textile component; and an actuation device, the actuation device having at least one actuation surface that at least partially surrounds the support device, where the actuation surface is movable with respect to the surface of the support device such that, when the textile component is held by the support device, movement of the actuation surface with respect to the surface of the support device causes movement of the textile component with respect to the surface of the support device.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Guillermo Raffaele, Haley L. Toelle
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Publication number: 20230000213Abstract: A method of forming an article of footwear can include providing an upper in a substantially flat orientation, securing a gathering string along at least a portion of a perimeter of a first surface of the upper with a securing member that is attached to the upper, positioning the upper on a last, and applying tension to the gathering string to at least partially conform the upper to a shape of the last.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Applicant: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Tory Cross, Kassio Figur, Guillermo Raffaele
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Patent number: 11530502Abstract: A method of manufacturing an article may include loading a soluble bobbin thread into an embroidery machine and then driving a needle thread through a base sheet with a needle of the embroidery machine according to a programmed first pattern that provides a series of loops of the needle thread extending outward from a bobbin side of the base sheet. The method may further include bonding the needle thread to a needle side of the base sheet opposite from the bobbin side. A spacer layer may be disposed at the bobbin side of the base sheet, and may be removed after the needle thread is bonded to the base sheet. The loops may be loops of a hook-and-loop fastener or ball control features in various articles manufactured according to the method.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Fanny Yung Ho, Guillermo Raffaele
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Publication number: 20210100321Abstract: A method of manufacturing an article may include positioning a first textile sheet against a second textile sheet and reciprocating a single needle of an embroidery machine through the first textile sheet and the second textile sheet, the needle forcing fibers of the second textile sheet through the first textile sheet. The fibers may have terminal ends extending outward of an exterior side of the first textile sheet through which the fibers are forced. A method may include forcing fibers from a second side to an opposite side of a single textile sheet to create a pattern of the fibers on the opposite side. Various articles such as footwear uppers may be manufactured according to the method.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2020Publication date: April 8, 2021Applicant: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Fanny Yung Ho, Guillermo Raffaele
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Publication number: 20210102323Abstract: A method of manufacturing an article may include loading a soluble bobbin thread into an embroidery machine and then driving a needle thread through a base sheet with a needle of the embroidery machine according to a programmed first pattern that provides a series of loops of the needle thread extending outward from a bobbin side of the base sheet. The method may further include bonding the needle thread to a needle side of the base sheet opposite from the bobbin side. A spacer layer may be disposed at the bobbin side of the base sheet, and may be removed after the needle thread is bonded to the base sheet. The loops may be loops of a hook-and-loop fastener or ball control features in various articles manufactured according to the method.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2020Publication date: April 8, 2021Applicant: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Fanny Yung Ho, Guillermo Raffaele
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Publication number: 20210100320Abstract: A method of manufacturing a midsole for an article of footwear includes cutting a pattern of openings at least partway through a midsole with a cutting tool driven by an embroidery machine. An article of footwear includes a midsole defining a pattern of openings extending at least partway through the midsole. An inner surface of the midsole is contoured and the midsole includes upwardly-extending sidewalls. At least some of the openings extend relatively nonparallel with one another through the sidewalls and splay away from one another along longitudinal axes of the openings.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2020Publication date: April 8, 2021Applicant: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Fanny Yung Ho, Guillermo Raffaele
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Publication number: 20190316285Abstract: One general aspect of the present disclosure includes an assembly including: a support device having a surface for receiving a textile component; and an actuation device, the actuation device having at least one actuation surface that at least partially surrounds the support device, where the actuation surface is movable with respect to the surface of the support device such that, when the textile component is held by the support device, movement of the actuation surface with respect to the surface of the support device causes movement of the textile component with respect to the surface of the support device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicant: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Guillermo Raffaele, Haley L. Toelle