Patents by Inventor Heather D. Hender

Heather D. Hender 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).

  • System and method for welding a chamber
    Patent number: 11220063
    Abstract: A method of forming a fluid-filled chamber for an article of footwear is provided and includes positioning a first sheet of material and a second sheet of material in a pressure chamber, increasing a fluid pressure within the pressure chamber to a first value, and coupling the first sheet of material to the second sheet of material within the pressure chamber to define a fluid-filled chamber defined by the first sheet of material and the second sheet of material and having a fluid pressure equal to the first value. The method also includes decreasing the fluid pressure within the pressure chamber to a second value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Heather D. Hender
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WELDING A CHAMBER
    Publication number: 20200384698
    Abstract: A method of forming a fluid-filled chamber for an article of footwear is provided and includes positioning a first sheet of material and a second sheet of material in a pressure chamber, increasing a fluid pressure within the pressure chamber to a first value, and coupling the first sheet of material to the second sheet of material within the pressure chamber to define a fluid-filled chamber defined by the first sheet of material and the second sheet of material and having a fluid pressure equal to the first value. The method also includes decreasing the fluid pressure within the pressure chamber to a second value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Heather D. Hender
  • System and method for welding a chamber
    Patent number: 10766202
    Abstract: A method of forming a fluid-filled chamber for an article of footwear is provided and includes positioning a first sheet of material and a second sheet of material in a pressure chamber, increasing a fluid pressure within the pressure chamber to a first value, and coupling the first sheet of material to the second sheet of material within the pressure chamber to define a fluid-filled chamber defined by the first sheet of material and the second sheet of material and having a fluid pressure equal to the first value. The method also includes decreasing the fluid pressure within the pressure chamber to a second value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Heather D. Hender
  • System and Method for Welding a Chamber
    Publication number: 20180333921
    Abstract: A method of forming a fluid-filled chamber for an article of footwear is provided and includes positioning a first sheet of material and a second sheet of material in a pressure chamber, increasing a fluid pressure within the pressure chamber to a first value, and coupling the first sheet of material to the second sheet of material within the pressure chamber to define a fluid-filled chamber defined by the first sheet of material and the second sheet of material and having a fluid pressure equal to the first value. The method also includes decreasing the fluid pressure within the pressure chamber to a second value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Heather D. Hender