ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,141, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Position sensing assembly for a tensioning system" was invented by Tiffany A. Beers (Portland, Ore.) and Andrew A. Owings (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A position sensing assembly for a tensioning system designed to provide tension to a lace, cord, or other type of strand is disclosed. The tensioning system includes a reel member configured to rotate about a central axis and the position sensing assembly. The position sensing assembly includes a shaft, an indicator tab, and an optical sensing unit. The position sensing assembly assists in controlli...