Patents by Inventor Martine Stillman

Martine Stillman 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).

  • Patent number: 11903452
    Abstract: In an example, a lacing engine apparatus can include a housing and a drivetrain. The housing can be securable within a footwear article. The drivetrain can include a motor, a sun gear, a planet gear, a rotating ring gear, and a spool. The spool can be secured to the ring gear and can be rotatable therewith. The spool can be configured to control a lace of the footwear article and can be configured to wind the lace as the ring gear rotates in a first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Martine Stillman, Bret Richmond
  • Publication number: 20230138617
    Abstract: In an example, a lacing engine apparatus can include a housing and a drivetrain. The housing can be securable within a footwear article. The drivetrain can include a motor, a sun gear, a planet gear, a rotating ring gear, and a spool. The spool can be secured to the ring gear and can be rotatable therewith. The spool can be configured to control a lace of the footwear article and can be configured to wind the lace as the ring gear rotates in a first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Martine Stillman, Bret Richmond
  • Patent number: 11559108
    Abstract: In an example, a lacing engine apparatus can include a housing and a drivetrain. The housing can be securable within a footwear article. The drivetrain can include a motor, a sun gear, a planet gear, a rotating ring gear, and a spool. The spool can be secured to the ring gear and can be rotatable therewith. The spool can be configured to control a lace of the footwear article and can be configured to wind the lace as the ring gear rotates in a first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Martine Stillman, Bret Richmond
  • Publication number: 20210289878
    Abstract: An article of footwear includes an upper member and a sole structure, with a sensor system connected to the sole structure. The sensor system includes a plurality of sensors that are configured for detecting forces exerted by a user's foot on the sensor. The sensor system also includes a port that is configured to receive a module to place the module in communication with the sensors. The port includes a housing with a chamber configured to receive the module and an interface engaged with the housing and having at least one electrical contact exposed to the chamber. Additional retaining structure and interface structure may be included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: James Molyneux, Aaron B. Weast, Jordan M. Rice, Allan M. Schrock, Michael S. Amos, Andrew A. Owings, Martine Stillman, Joseph B. Horrell, Jonathan B. Knight, Dane R. Weitmann, Jeffrey J. Hebert
  • Patent number: 11026469
    Abstract: An article of footwear includes an upper member and a sole structure, with a sensor system connected to the sole structure. The sensor system includes a plurality of sensors that are configured for detecting forces exerted by a user's foot on the sensor. The sensor system also includes a port that is configured to receive a module to place the module in communication with the sensors. The port includes a housing with a chamber configured to receive the module and an interface engaged with the housing and having at least one electrical contact exposed to the chamber. Additional retaining structure and interface structure may be included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: James Molyneux, Aaron B. Weast, Jordan M. Rice, Allan M. Schrock, Michael S. Amos, Andrew A. Owings, Martine Stillman, Joseph B. Horrell, Jonathan B. Knight, Dane R. Weitmann, Jeffrey J. Hebert
  • Publication number: 20180343978
    Abstract: In an example, a lacing engine apparatus can include a housing and a drivetrain. The housing can be securable within a footwear article. The drivetrain can include a motor, a sun gear, a planet gear, a rotating ring gear, and a spool. The spool can be secured to the ring gear and can be rotatable therewith. The spool can be configured to control a lace of the footwear article and can be configured to wind the lace as the ring gear rotates in a first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Martine Stillman, Bret Richmond, John Stiehl
  • Publication number: 20180338560
    Abstract: An article of footwear includes an upper member and a sole structure, with a sensor system connected to the sole structure. The sensor system includes a plurality of sensors that are configured for detecting forces exerted by a user's foot on the sensor. The sensor system also includes a port that is configured to receive a module to place the module in communication with the sensors. The port includes a housing with a chamber configured to receive the module and an interface engaged with the housing and having at least one electrical contact exposed to the chamber. Additional retaining structure and interface structure may be included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: James Molyneux, Aaron B. Weast, Jordan M. Rice, Allan M. Schrock, Michael S. Amos, Andrew A. Owings, Martine Stillman, Joseph B. Horrell, Jonathan B. Knight, Dane R. Weitmann, Jeffrey J. Hebert
  • Patent number: 10070680
    Abstract: An article of footwear includes an upper member and a sole structure, with a sensor system connected to the sole structure. The sensor system includes a plurality of sensors that are configured for detecting forces exerted by a user's foot on the sensor. The sensor system also includes a port that is configured to receive a module to place the module in communication with the sensors. The port includes a housing with a chamber configured to receive the module and an interface engaged with the housing and having at least one electrical contact exposed to the chamber. Additional retaining structure and interface structure may be included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: James Molyneux, Aaron B. Weast, Jordan M. Rice, Allan M. Schrock, Michael S. Amos, Andrew A. Owings, Martine Stillman, Joseph B. Horrell, Jonathan Bing Knight, Dane R. Weitmann, Jeffrey J. Hebert
  • Patent number: 9160063
    Abstract: A wrist-worn device monitors movements of a user. A curvilinear body of the wrist-worn device includes a plurality of flex areas, and an internal spine member of the wrist-worn device extends through the curvilinear body. A flexible circuit member is wrapped around and connected to the spine member. The flexible circuit member interconnects a controller and one or more sensors of a sensor assembly within the body. A solder mask applied to the flexible circuit member includes a curvilinear edge that distributes stress caused by flexing of the flexible circuit member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Nike, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward Stephen Lowe, Jr., Kate Richmond, Martine Stillman, Marco Micheletti
  • Publication number: 20150092360
    Abstract: A portable electronic device commonly includes one or more batteries. Further, a portable electronic device may be manufactured using one or more overmolding techniques to achieve certain aesthetic and/or mechanical characteristics. Batteries within the portable electronic device may be overmolded by using a covering, wherein the covering includes a protective layer such that the batteries are not exposed to the high temperatures and high pressures associated with an overmolding process which may be in excess of temperature and pressure thresholds associated with the batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Martine Stillman, Dane Weitmann
  • Publication number: 20120234111
    Abstract: An article of footwear includes an upper member and a sole structure, with a sensor system connected to the sole structure. The sensor system includes a plurality of sensors that are configured for detecting forces exerted by a user's foot on the sensor. The sensor system also includes a port that is configured to receive a module to place the module in communication with the sensors. The port includes a housing with a chamber configured to receive the module and an interface engaged with the housing and having at least one electrical contact exposed to the chamber. Additional retaining structure and interface structure may be included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: NIKE, INC.
    Inventors: James Molyneux, Aaron B. Weast, Jordan M. Rice, Allan M. Schrock, Michael S. Amos, Andrew A. Owings, Martine Stillman, Joseph B. Horrell, Jonathan Bing Knight, Dane R. Weitmann, Jeffrey J. Hebert