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).

  • Publication number: 20240138519
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Jones, Michael F. Joubert, Derek Kuo, Yong S. Lee, Thea Moshofsky, Randall S. Wolfe
  • Patent number: 11889892
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Jones, Michael F. Joubert, Derek Kuo, Yong S. Lee, Thea Moshofsky, Randall S. Wolfe
  • Publication number: 20220211145
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Jones, Michael F. Joubert, Derek Kuo, Yong S. Lee, Thea Moshofsky, Randall S. Wolfe
  • Patent number: 11291271
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Jones, Michael F. Joubert, Derek Kuo, Yong S. Lee, Thea Moshofsky, Randall S. Wolfe
  • Publication number: 20210307453
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Jones, Thea Moshofsky, Yong S. Lee, Randall S. Wolfe, David Ngene
  • Patent number: 5567147
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1996
    Assignee: Frontier, Inc.
    Inventors: Gordon W. Fenn, Yong S. Lee