Patents by Inventor Yong S. Lee
Yong S. Lee 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).
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Patent number: 12262787Abstract: A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a midsole having a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and a peripheral surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. The bottom surface includes a recess defining a first opening in the peripheral surface. The sole structure for an article of footwear also includes an insert disposed within the recess and including a first material having a first gloss unit value and a second material disposed on an outer surface of the first material and having a second gloss unit value. The second material is at least partially disposed within the first opening.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2023Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Michael Jones, Michael F. Joubert, Chun-Wei Kuo, Yong S. Lee, Thea Moshofsky, Randall S. Wolfe
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Publication number: 20240389715Abstract: A non-transient computer-readable medium can contain instructions for causing a computing system to perform the method of selecting a base footwear structure, the base footwear structure including an upper that is configured to be coupled to a sole structure, retrieving a model of an article of footwear that can be formed from the selected base footwear structure, selecting one or more design elements from a plurality of available design elements associated with the model, updating the model based on the one or more selected design elements, and generating the article of footwear from the updated model. In some examples, the one or more design elements are design elements that can be added to or modified on the base footwear structure to form the article of footwear.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2024Publication date: November 28, 2024Applicant: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Michael Jones, Thea Moshofsky, Yong S. Lee, Randall S. Wolfe, David Ngene
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Publication number: 20240138519Abstract: A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a midsole having a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and a peripheral surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. The bottom surface includes a recess defining a first opening in the peripheral surface. The sole structure for an article of footwear also includes an insert disposed within the recess and including a first material having a first gloss unit value and a second material disposed on an outer surface of the first material and having a second gloss unit value. The second material is at least partially disposed within the first opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Michael Jones, Michael F. Joubert, Derek Kuo, Yong S. Lee, Thea Moshofsky, Randall S. Wolfe
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Patent number: 11889892Abstract: A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a midsole having a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and a peripheral surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. The bottom surface includes a recess defining a first opening in the peripheral surface. The sole structure for an article of footwear also includes an insert disposed within the recess and including a first material having a first gloss unit value and a second material disposed on an outer surface of the first material and having a second gloss unit value. The second material is at least partially disposed within the first opening.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Michael Jones, Michael F. Joubert, Derek Kuo, Yong S. Lee, Thea Moshofsky, Randall S. Wolfe
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Publication number: 20220211145Abstract: A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a midsole having a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and a peripheral surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. The bottom surface includes a recess defining a first opening in the peripheral surface. The sole structure for an article of footwear also includes an insert disposed within the recess and including a first material having a first gloss unit value and a second material disposed on an outer surface of the first material and having a second gloss unit value. The second material is at least partially disposed within the first opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2022Publication date: July 7, 2022Applicant: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Michael Jones, Michael F. Joubert, Derek Kuo, Yong S. Lee, Thea Moshofsky, Randall S. Wolfe
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Patent number: 11291271Abstract: A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a midsole having a top surface, a bottom surface opposite the top surface, and a peripheral surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface. The bottom surface includes a recess defining a first opening in the peripheral surface. The sole structure for an article of footwear also includes an insert disposed within the recess and including a first material having a first gloss unit value and a second material disposed on an outer surface of the first material and having a second gloss unit value. The second material is at least partially disposed within the first opening.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Michael Jones, Michael F. Joubert, Derek Kuo, Yong S. Lee, Thea Moshofsky, Randall S. Wolfe
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Publication number: 20210307453Abstract: A method of forming an article of footwear can include selecting a base footwear structure, the base footwear structure including an upper that is configured to be coupled to a sole structure, retrieving a model of an article of footwear that can be formed from the selected base footwear structure, selecting one or more design elements from a plurality of available design elements associated with the model, updating the model based on the one or more selected design elements, and generating the article of footwear from the updated model. In some embodiments, the one or more design elements are design elements that can be added to or modified on the base footwear structure to form the article of footwear.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Michael Jones, Thea Moshofsky, Yong S. Lee, Randall S. Wolfe, David Ngene
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Patent number: 5567147Abstract: A burner for a burning apparatus is disclosed including: a mixing liner support formed with an intake hole; a mixing liner for mixing supplied gas and first air; a matrix inserted into the inner upper portion of the mixing liner and having numerous flame holes in a gauze form; a mixing plate installed above the intake hole of the mixing liner support and spaced apart upward from the mixing liner support; a nozzle plate having a plurality of injection hole disposed at predetermined intervals on the same circumference; a gas chamber formed with a gas intake in the lower portion; and a gas valve for opening/closing the gas intake of the gas chamber.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 1995Date of Patent: October 22, 1996Assignee: Frontier, Inc.Inventors: Gordon W. Fenn, Yong S. Lee