US Patent Issued to NIKE on Aug. 5 for "Lacing engine support structures for automated footwear platform" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,653, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Lacing engine support structures for automated footwear platform" was invented by Eric P. Avar (Lake Oswego, Ore.), Narissa Chang (Portland, Ore.) and Fanny Yung Ho (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and apparatus related to an automated footwear platform including an actuator assembly for controlling a footwear lacing apparatus are discussed. In an example, an actuator assembly can include an actuator frame with a plurality of integrated actuators. The actuator frame is adapted to interconnect elements of the actuator assembly, the actuator frame...