Patents by Inventor Stuart Wayne Dealey

Stuart Wayne Dealey 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).

  • Knitted textile structures formed by altering knit patterns to accommodate external mediums, and manufacturing processes associated therewith
    Patent number: 12221728
    Abstract: An example method of manufacturing a knitted fabric that includes a non-knitted structure occurs in accordance with a programmed knit sequence for a multi-dimensional knitting machine. The method includes, providing a non-knitted structure to the multi-dimensional knitting machine at a point in time when a fabric structure has a first knit portion, wherein the first knit portion is formed based on a first type of knit pattern. The method also includes, after the providing of the non-knitted structure, following the programmed knit sequence to automatically adjust the multi-dimensional knitting machine to use a second type of knit pattern, distinct from a first type of knit pattern, to accommodate the non-knitted structure within a second knit portion that is adjacent to the first knit portion within the fabric structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Inventors: Stuart Wayne Dealey, Gaige DeHaven, Amy Lynne Stoltzfus, Simon John Baines, Christopher Bradford Doughty, Priyanshu Agarwal, Leah Resneck, Simge Uzun
  • Techniques for incorporating stretchable conductive textile traces and textile-based sensors into knit structures
    Patent number: 11983320
    Abstract: An example wearable device that includes a conductive deformable fabric is described herein. The conductive deformable fabric has a conductive trace that has a non-extendable fixed length along a first axis, and the conductive trace is sewn into a fabric structure to produce a conductive deformable material. The fabric structure includes a stitch pattern that facilitates the conductive trace to unfold and fold in an oscillating fashion to allow the conductive trace to expand and contract, respectively, along the first axis without exceeding the fixed length of the conductive trace. The conductive deformable material is positioned within the wearable device such that when the wearable device is worn, the stitch pattern is over a joint of the user to allow the stitch pattern to expand or contract along with the movement of the joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Simge Uzun, Mary Ellen Margaret Berglund, Stuart Wayne Dealey, Simon John Baines, Amy Lynne Stoltzfus, Russell Liam Warila, Phelan Miller, Christopher Bradford Doughty, Leah Resneck, Katherine Cagen, Cameron Elliot Glasscock, Dylan Downey, Anjali Khemani
  • KNITTED TEXTILE STRUCTURES FORMED BY ALTERING KNIT PATTERNS TO ACCOMMODATE EXTERNAL MEDIUMS, AND MANUFACTURING PROCESSES ASSOCIATED THEREWITH
    Publication number: 20230376112
    Abstract: An example method of manufacturing a knitted fabric that includes a non-knitted structure occurs in accordance with a programmed knit sequence for a multi-dimensional knitting machine. The method includes, providing a non-knitted structure to the multi-dimensional knitting machine at a point in time when a fabric structure has a first knit portion, wherein the first knit portion is formed based on a first type of knit pattern. The method also includes, after the providing of the non-knitted structure, following the programmed knit sequence to automatically adjust the multi-dimensional knitting machine to use a second type of knit pattern, distinct from a first type of knit pattern, to accommodate the non-knitted structure within a second knit portion that is adjacent to the first knit portion within the fabric structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Stuart Wayne Dealey, Gaige DeHaven, Amy Lynne Stoltzfus, Simon John Baines, Christopher Bradford Doughty, Priyanshu Agarwal, Leah Resneck, Simge Uzun
  • TECHNIQUES FOR INCORPORATING STRETCHABLE CONDUCTIVE TEXTILE TRACES AND TEXTILE-BASED SENSORS INTO KNIT STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20230376111
    Abstract: An example wearable device that includes a conductive deformable fabric is described herein. The conductive deformable fabric has a conductive trace that has a non-extendable fixed length along a first axis, and the conductive trace is sewn into a fabric structure to produce a conductive deformable material. The fabric structure includes a stitch pattern that facilitates the conductive trace to unfold and fold in an oscillating fashion to allow the conductive trace to expand and contract, respectively, along the first axis without exceeding the fixed length of the conductive trace. The conductive deformable material is positioned within the wearable device such that when the wearable device is worn, the stitch pattern is over a joint of the user to allow the stitch pattern to expand or contract along with the movement of the joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Simge Uzun, Mary Ellen Margaret Berglund, Stuart Wayne Dealey, Simon John Baines, Amy Lynne Stoltzfus, Russell Liam Warila, Phelan Miller, Christopher Bradford Doughty, Leah Resneck, Katherine Cagen, Cameron Elliot Glasscock, Dylan Downey, Anjali Khemani