Patents by Inventor Jerry Hauth

Jerry Hauth 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).

  • Induction heating apparatuses and processes for footwear manufacturing
    Patent number: 9591892
    Abstract: A method of making an article of footwear may include providing a last shaped to resemble a human foot. The method may also include forming at least one footwear component at least in part from a susceptor material that is thermally reactive to an electromagnetic field. The method may further include covering at least a portion of the last with two or more footwear components, wherein the two or more footwear components includes the at least one footwear component formed at least in part from a susceptor material. In addition, the method may include applying an electromagnetic field to the susceptor material, causing induction heating of the susceptor material and joining the two or more footwear components by melding the two or more components with the induction heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric A. Boardman, Jeffrey E. Darland, Jerry Hauth, Denis Schiller
  • Induction Heating Apparatuses And Processes For Footwear Manufacturing
    Publication number: 20150150340
    Abstract: A method of making an article of footwear may include providing a last shaped to resemble a human foot. The method may also include forming at least one footwear component at least in part from a susceptor material that is thermally reactive to an electromagnetic field. The method may further include covering at least a portion of the last with two or more footwear components, wherein the two or more footwear components includes the at least one footwear component formed at least in part from a susceptor material. In addition, the method may include applying an electromagnetic field to the susceptor material, causing induction heating of the susceptor material and joining the two or more footwear components by melding the two or more components with the induction heating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Inventors: Eric A. Boardman, Jeffrey E. Darland, Jerry Hauth, Denis Schiller
  • Induction heating apparatuses and processes for footwear manufacturing
    Patent number: 8959690
    Abstract: A method of making an article of footwear may include providing a last shaped to resemble a human foot. The method may also include forming at least one footwear component at least in part from a susceptor material that is thermally reactive to an electromagnetic field. The method may further include covering at least a portion of the last with two or more footwear components, wherein the two or more footwear components includes the at least one footwear component formed at least in part from a susceptor material. In addition, the method may include applying an electromagnetic field to the susceptor material, causing induction heating of the susceptor material and joining the two or more footwear components by melding the two or more components with the induction heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric A. Boardman, Jeff Darland, Jerry Hauth, Denis Schiller
  • Induction Heating Apparatuses And Processes For Footwear Manufacturing
    Publication number: 20140000044
    Abstract: A method of making an article of footwear may include providing a last shaped to resemble a human foot. The method may also include forming at least one footwear component at least in part from a susceptor material that is thermally reactive to an electromagnetic field. The method may further include covering at least a portion of the last with two or more footwear components, wherein the two or more footwear components includes the at least one footwear component formed at least in part from a susceptor material. In addition, the method may include applying an electromagnetic field to the susceptor material, causing induction heating of the susceptor material and joining the two or more footwear components by melding the two or more components with the induction heating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: NIKE, INC.
    Inventors: Eric A. Boardman, Jeff Darland, Jerry Hauth, Denis Schiller