Patents by Inventor Sami Fakhouri

Sami Fakhouri 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: 12053948
    Abstract: A method of forming a polymeric foam material is provided and includes providing a precursor material having a first thickness, the precursor material being an open-cell foam material and applying a uniaxial compressive force to the precursor material to compress the precursor material to a second thickness, the compressive force causing a cell structure of the precursor material to collapse. The method also includes heating the precursor material at a molding temperature for a first time period while the compressive force is applied, the first time period being sufficient to heat the precursor material to a softening temperature, removing the compressive force from the precursor material, and maintaining the cell structure of the precursor material in a collapsed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Sami Fakhouri, Cassidy R. Levy, Brian Prevo, Pei-Jyun Lin, Ping-Hung Tsai
  • Patent number: 11896942
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for mixing and dispensing viscous materials for the creation of additive structures. As one example, during a mixing and dispensing operation with a mixing and dispensing head of a multi-dimensional printing apparatus, linear movement of a mixing rod positioned within a mixing chamber of the mixing and dispensing head, at least along a central axis of the mixing chamber, is adjusted based on an operating condition of the printing apparatus and dispensing of mixed liquids from the mixing and dispensing head is stopped by stopping one or more pumps fluidly coupled to the mixing chamber and linearly moving the mixing rod upward and away from a dispensing nozzle of the mixing and dispensing head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Sami Fakhouri, Askim Senyurt
  • Patent number: 11701629
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for mixing and dispensing viscous materials for the creation of additive structures. As one example, during a mixing and dispensing operation of a multi-dimensional printing apparatus, one or more liquids may flow into a mixing chamber via one or more material inlets arranged in a wall of the mixing chamber below a high pressure bearing of a mixing rod positioned within the mixing chamber; and movement of a mixing rod positioned within the mixing chamber is adjusted based on an operating condition of the printing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Sami Fakhouri, Askim Senyurt
  • Publication number: 20230079560
    Abstract: A method of forming a polymeric foam material is provided and includes providing a precursor material having a first thickness, the precursor material being an open-cell foam material and applying a uniaxial compressive force to the precursor material to compress the precursor material to a second thickness, the compressive force causing a cell structure of the precursor material to collapse. The method also includes heating the precursor material at a molding temperature for a first time period while the compressive force is applied, the first time period being sufficient to heat the precursor material to a softening temperature, removing the compressive force from the precursor material, and maintaining the cell structure of the precursor material in a collapsed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Sami Fakhouri, Cassidy R. Levy, Brian Prevo, Pei-Jyun Lin, Ping-Hung Tsai
  • Patent number: 11529783
    Abstract: A method of forming a polymeric foam material is provided and includes providing a precursor material having a first thickness, the precursor material being an open-cell foam material and applying a uniaxial compressive force to the precursor material to compress the precursor material to a second thickness, the compressive force causing a cell structure of the precursor material to collapse. The method also includes heating the precursor material at a molding temperature for a first time period while the compressive force is applied, the first time period being sufficient to heat the precursor material to a softening temperature, removing the compressive force from the precursor material, and maintaining the cell structure of the precursor material in a collapsed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Inventors: Sami Fakhouri, Cassidy R. Levy, Brian Prevo, Pei-Jyun Lin, Ping-Hung Tsai
  • Publication number: 20210016237
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for mixing and dispensing viscous materials for the creation of additive structures. As one example, in a multi-dimensional printing apparatus, one or more materials flow into a mixing chamber via one or more corresponding inlet channels, a rotational speed of a mixing rod positioned within a mixing chamber is adjusted based on a volume of the mixing chamber and a flow rate of the one or more materials into the mixing chamber, the mixing rod including a set of straight cutaways extending along a length of a bottom portion of the mixing rod and forming flat side surfaces of the mixing rod; and a mixture of the one or more materials is dispensed from the mixing chamber via a dispensing nozzle of a mixing and dispensing head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Sami Fakhouri, Askim Senyurt
  • Publication number: 20210016236
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for mixing and dispensing viscous materials for the creation of additive structures. As one example, during a mixing and dispensing operation with a mixing and dispensing head of a multi-dimensional printing apparatus, linear movement of a mixing rod positioned within a mixing chamber of the mixing and dispensing head, at least along a central axis of the mixing chamber, is adjusted based on an operating condition of the printing apparatus and dispensing of mixed liquids from the mixing and dispensing head is stopped by stopping one or more pumps fluidly coupled to the mixing chamber and linearly moving the mixing rod upward and away from a dispensing nozzle of the mixing and dispensing head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Sami Fakhouri, Askim Senyurt
  • Publication number: 20200306704
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for mixing and dispensing viscous materials for the creation of additive structures. As one example, during a mixing and dispensing operation of a multi-dimensional printing apparatus, one or more liquids may flow into a mixing chamber via one or more material inlets arranged in a wall of the mixing chamber below a high pressure bearing of a mixing rod positioned within the mixing chamber; and movement of a mixing rod positioned within the mixing chamber is adjusted based on an operating condition of the printing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Sami Fakhouri, Askim Senyurt
  • Publication number: 20190366666
    Abstract: A method of forming a polymeric foam material is provided and includes providing a precursor material having a first thickness, the precursor material being an open-cell foam material and applying a uniaxial compressive force to the precursor material to compress the precursor material to a second thickness, the compressive force causing a cell structure of the precursor material to collapse. The method also includes heating the precursor material at a molding temperature for a first time period while the compressive force is applied, the first time period being sufficient to heat the precursor material to a softening temperature, removing the compressive force from the precursor material, and maintaining the cell structure of the precursor material in a collapsed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Sami Fakhouri, Cassidy R. Levy, Brian Prevo, Pei-Jyun Lin, Ping-Hung Tsai