Patents by Inventor JOSHUA PATRICK WILLIAMS

JOSHUA PATRICK WILLIAMS 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).

  • Publication number: 20240090604
    Abstract: Various aspects disclosed relate to structure such as a textile, a garment, a garment component, footwear, or a footwear component. The present disclosure includes the structure having a first region having one of more first fibers. An individual first fiber includes co-extruded first and second filaments, the first filament formed of a first thermoplastic polymeric material. Due to expansion or contraction of the one or more first fibers, the first region contracts or expands on a change in relative humidity, relative to an equilibrium state of the first region prior to the change in relative humidity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Eduardo Alberto Gonzalez de los Santo, David M. Litton, Romesh Patel, Christopher J. Ranalli, Joshua Patrick Williams
  • Publication number: 20230413933
    Abstract: Aspects herein are directed to garments that incorporate adaptive stand-off structures in the form of fluid-filled bladders that transition from a first shape to a second shape when exposed to moisture in the form of, for example, perspiration. When the fluid-filled bladders are in the first shape, the fluid-filled bladders are generally planar with a surface plane of a textile layer forming the garment so that the garment comes into contact or near contact with the wearer's body surface. When the fluid-filled bladders are in the second shape, they extend in a z-direction away from the surface plane of the textile layer forming the garment such that the textile layer is spaced apart from the wearer's body surface by the stand-off structures to reduce cling and facilitate the evaporation of perspiration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Karen A. Hawkinson, Joshua Patrick Williams
  • Patent number: 11812807
    Abstract: Various aspects disclosed relate to structures such as a textile, a garment, a garment component, footwear, or a footwear component. The present disclosure includes the structure having a first region having one of more first fibers. An individual first fiber includes co-extruded first and second filaments, the first filament formed of a first thermoplastic polymeric material. Due to expansion or contraction of the one or more first fibers, the first region contracts or expands on a change in relative humidity, relative to an equilibrium state of the first region prior to the change in relative humidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, INC.
    Inventors: Eduardo Alberto Gonzalez De Los Santo, David M. Litton, Romesh Patel, Christopher J. Ranalli, Joshua Patrick Williams
  • Patent number: 11785999
    Abstract: Aspects herein are directed to garments that incorporate adaptive stand-off structures in the form of fluid-filled bladders that transition from a first shape to a second shape when exposed to moisture in the form of, for example, perspiration. When the fluid-filled bladders are in the first shape, the fluid-filled bladders are generally planar with a surface plane of a textile layer forming the garment so that the garment comes into contact or near contact with the wearer's body surface. When the fluid-filled bladders are in the second shape, they extend in a z-direction away from the surface plane of the textile layer forming the garment such that the textile layer is spaced apart from the wearer's body surface by the stand-off structures to reduce cling and facilitate the evaporation of perspiration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Karen A. Hawkinson, Joshua Patrick Williams
  • Publication number: 20230210204
    Abstract: Aspects herein are directed to a composite textile having a substrate layer (e.g., knit, woven, nonwoven, etc.) and a film layer that is secured or bonded to the substrate layer. A plurality of slits extend through both the substrate layer and the film layer. The film layer is formed of a material that dimensionally transforms when exposed to an external stimulus such as moisture. When exposed to moisture the film layer swells, which causes flaps formed by the plurality of slits to extend in a z-direction away from the film layer. The opening of the flaps creates through-passages that extend through the thickness of the composite structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Iustinia KOSHKAROFF, Daniel P. Morgan, Kyle Schepke, Joshua Patrick Williams, Nina Yashkova
  • Publication number: 20230157392
    Abstract: Aspects herein are directed to an article of apparel having a vent opening formed by overlapping the edges of a first panel and a second panel. A plurality of discrete overlay film structures are applied to the second panel adjacent to the vent opening. When the article of apparel is exposed to an external stimulus, the film structures undergo a reversible increase in dimension in at least the z-direction which cause the second panel of material to undergo a reversible decrease in dimension in the direction of a longitudinal axis of the vent opening thereby causing the vent opening to dynamically transition from a closed state to an open state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Iustinia Koshkaroff, Daniel P. Morgan, Kyle Schepke, Joshua Patrick Williams, Nina Yashkova
  • Patent number: 11559092
    Abstract: Aspects herein are directed to an article of apparel having a vent opening formed by overlapping the edges of a first panel and a second panel. A plurality of discrete overlay film structures are applied to the second panel adjacent to the vent opening. When the article of apparel is exposed to an external stimulus, the film structures undergo a reversible increase in dimension in at least the z-direction which cause the second panel of material to undergo a reversible decrease in dimension in the direction of a longitudinal axis of the vent opening thereby causing the vent opening to dynamically transition from a closed state to an open state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Iustinia Koshkaroff, Daniel P. Morgan, Kyle Schepke, Joshua Patrick Williams, Nina Yashkova
  • Publication number: 20220347717
    Abstract: Aspects herein are directed to systems, methods, and articles for producing a patterned film and using the patterned film to form a pattern of discrete overlay film structures on a substrate material. A uniform thickness of a film material is deposited on to a first surface of a run of carrier sheets, where each carrier sheet includes one or more holes extending there through. A first carrier sheet is extracted from the run of carrier sheets, and a second surface of the carrier sheet is positioned on a substrate material. Heat and/or pressure is applied to the film material to cause the film material to transfer to the substrate material through the one or more holes in the carrier sheet forming a pattern of discrete overlay film structures on the substrate material. The carrier sheet along with remaining portions of the film material is removed from the substrate material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Cody Evin Janes, Daniel P. Morgan, Kyle Schepke, Joshua Patrick Williams, Yang-Hua Ou
  • Publication number: 20220134702
    Abstract: Aspects herein are directed to a recyclable, asymmetrical-faced composite nonwoven textile suitable for use in apparel and other articles and methods of making the same. In example aspects, the asymmetrical-faced composite nonwoven textile includes a first face formed, at least in part from a first entangled web of fibers and an opposite second face formed, at least in part from a second entangled web of fibers. When incorporated into an article of apparel, the first face forms an outer-facing surface of the article of apparel, and the second face forms an inner-facing surface of the article of apparel. The first face includes features making it suitable to form the outer-facing surface such as resistance to abrasion, and the second face includes features making it suitable to form an inner-facing surface such as a soft hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Dallas Lund, William C. McFarland, II, Yang-Hua Ou, Joshua Patrick Williams
  • Publication number: 20220030992
    Abstract: Aspects herein are directed to an article of apparel having a vent opening formed by overlapping the edges of a first panel and a second panel. A plurality of discrete overlay film structures are applied to the second panel adjacent to the vent opening. When the article of apparel is exposed to an external stimulus, the film structures undergo a reversible increase in dimension in at least the z-direction which cause the second panel of material to undergo a reversible decrease in dimension in the direction of a longitudinal axis of the vent opening thereby causing the vent opening to dynamically transition from a closed state to an open state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Iustinia Koshkaroff, Daniel P. Morgan, Kyle Schepke, Joshua Patrick Williams, Nina Yashkova
  • Publication number: 20210361010
    Abstract: Aspects herein are directed to garments that incorporate adaptive stand-off structures in the form of fluid-filled bladders that transition from a first shape to a second shape when exposed to moisture in the form of, for example, perspiration. When the fluid-filled bladders are in the first shape, the fluid-filled bladders are generally planar with a surface plane of a textile layer forming the garment so that the garment comes into contact or near contact with the wearer's body surface. When the fluid-filled bladders are in the second shape, they extend in a z-direction away from the surface plane of the textile layer forming the garment such that the textile layer is spaced apart from the wearer's body surface by the stand-off structures to reduce cling and facilitate the evaporation of perspiration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Karen A. Hawkinson, Joshua Patrick Williams
  • Publication number: 20210045477
    Abstract: Aspects herein are directed to articles of apparel formed from a base textile and including a plurality of discrete overlay film structures affixed to the base textile at one or more locations on the article of apparel. When exposed to an external stimulus, the film structures undergo an increase in dimension in at least the z-direction and the base textile undergoes a change in dimension in at least the z-direction to produce stand-off nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel P. Morgan, Kyle Schepke, Joshua Patrick Williams
  • Publication number: 20210045474
    Abstract: Aspects herein are directed to an article of apparel having a vent opening formed by overlapping the edges of a first panel and a second panel. A plurality of discrete overlay film structures are applied to the second panel adjacent to the vent opening. When the article of apparel is exposed to an external stimulus, the film structures undergo a reversible increase in dimension in at least the z-direction which cause the second panel of material to undergo a reversible decrease in dimension in the direction of a longitudinal axis of the vent opening thereby causing the vent opening to dynamically transition from a closed state to an open state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Iustinia Koshkaroff, Daniel P. Morgan, Kyle Schepke, Joshua Patrick Williams, Nina Yashkova
  • Publication number: 20210045476
    Abstract: Aspects herein are directed to articles of apparel formed from a base textile and including a plurality of discrete overlay film structures affixed to the base textile at one or more locations on the article of apparel. When exposed to an external stimulus, the film structures undergo an increase in dimension in at least the z-direction and the base textile undergoes a decrease in dimension in one or more of the x-direction and the y-direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel Morgan, Joshua Patrick Williams
  • Publication number: 20200060367
    Abstract: Various aspects disclosed relate to structures such as a textile, a garment, a garment component, footwear, or a footwear component. The present disclosure includes the structure having a first region having one of more first fibers. An individual first fiber includes co-extruded first and second filaments, the first filament formed of a first thermoplastic polymeric material. Due to expansion or contraction of the one or more first fibers, the first region contracts or expands on a change in relative humidity, relative to an equilibrium state of the first region prior to the change in relative humidity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: EDUARDO ALBERTO GONZALEZ DE LOS SANTO, DAVID M. LITTON, ROMESH PATEL, CHRISTOPHER J. RANALLI, JOSHUA PATRICK WILLIAMS