Adidas Ag

Daniel Stephen Price

Jan Hill

Angus Wardlaw

Christopher Edward Holmes

James Tarrier

Paul Leonard Michael Smith

Nina Maria Ludwig

John Whiteman

Hans-Peter Nürnberg

Iain James Sabberton

Gerd Rainer Manz

Tru Huu Minh Le

Victor Romanov

Timothy Kelvin Robinson

Bruno Jean Antonelli

Christopher Robertson

Amir Fathi

Henry Hanson

Sabrina Kerling

Giridharan Kirupanantham

Dharan Kirupanantham

Clemens Keilholz

Volker Altstädt

Peter Georg Laitenberger

Falk Bruns

Marco Florian Kormann

Robert Frank Kirk

Heiko Schlarb

Robert Leimer

Constantin Zwick

Warren Freeman

Andreas Johannes Seefried

Fionn Jonathan Corcoran-Tadd

Clemens Paul Dyckmans

Dietmar Klaus Drummer

Christoph Dyckmans

Thomas Koeppl

Rowan John Boyd

Justin Thomas Steeds

Tru Le

Daniel Raps

Harald Körger

Bastian Gothe

Helge Weiger

Jarkko Siltamaeki

Huu Minh Tru Le

Maximilian Drexler

Carsten Landeck

Paul Smith

Kevin Schneider

Henry Niles Hanson

Jarkko SILTAMÄKI

Marc Anthony Simon Norridge

Hans-Peter NÜRNBERG

Thomas KÖPPL

A method for producing a molded part, in particular a component of a sporting good, includes providing a mixture of a polymer melt and a foaming agent and injecting the mixture into a mold. The method includes solidifying at least a first portion of the molded part without foaming and at least a second portion of the molded part after foaming inside the mold, wherein the mixture includes a polymer having an average molecular mass corresponding to a viscosity number ≥130 ml/g, preferably ≥170 ml/g, more preferably ≥190 ml/g and most preferably ≥225 ml/g, wherein the viscosity number is determined via solution viscometry according to the ISO 307 standard.

Method for producing a molded part and molded part

The present invention relates to sports balls. A sports ball comprises a surface layer comprising a plurality of panels. The sports ball further comprises a lattice structure extending below the surface layer, wherein the lattice structure comprises a plurality of lattice cells comprising radially extending elements. The lattice cells which are adjacent to the surface layer have at least one dimension which is smaller than an average diameter of the panels.

Sports balls

Described are shoes, in particular a sports shoe, wherein at least a portion of an upper of the shoe includes a first layer and a functional second layer, wherein the functional second layer is directly printed onto the first layer.

Function screen printing on upper

The invention refers to a method for producing expanded polymer pellets, which comprises the following steps: melting a polymer comprising a polyamide; adding at least one blowing agent; expanding the melt through at least one die for producing an expanded polymer; and pelletizing the expanded polymer. The invention further concerns polymer pellets produced with the method as well as their use, e.g. for the production of cushioning elements for sports apparel, such as for producing soles or parts of soles of sports shoes. A further aspect of the invention concerns a method for the manufacture of molded components, comprising loading pellets of an expanded polymer material into a mold, and connecting the pellets by providing heat energy, wherein the expanded polymer material of the pellets or beads comprises a chain extender. The molded components may be used in broad ranges of application.

Expanded polymer pellets

The invention refers to a method for producing expanded polymer pellets, which comprises the following steps: melting a polymer comprising a polyamide; adding at least one blowing agent; expanding the melt through at least one die for producing an expanded polymer; and pelletizing the expanded polymer. The invention further concerns polymer pellets produced with the method as well as their use, e.g. for the production of cushioning elements for sports apparel, such as for producing soles or parts of soles of sports shoes. A further aspect of the invention concerns a method for the manufacture of molded components, comprising loading pellets of an expanded to polymer material into a mold, and connecting the pellets by providing heat energy, wherein the expanded polymer material of the pellets or beads comprises a chain extender. The molded components may be used in broad ranges of application.

Expanded pellets and method for manufacturing molded components using them

A method for producing a molded part, in particular a component of a sporting good, includes providing a mixture of a polymer melt and a foaming agent and injecting the mixture into a mold. The method includes solidifying at least a first portion of the molded part without foaming and at least a second portion of the molded part after foaming inside the mold, wherein the mixture includes a polymer having an average molecular mass corresponding to a viscosity number &#x2265;130 ml/g, preferably &#x2265;170 ml/g, more preferably &#x2265;190 ml/g and most preferably &#x2265;225 ml/g, wherein the viscosity number is determined via solution viscometry according to the ISO 307 standard.

Non-inflatable sports balls

Described are supporting elements for a shoe, in particular for soccer shoes or American football shoes, as well as a sole and a shoe with a supporting element. The supporting element includes a first bending stiffness for bendings from an initial unbent state up to an upper end of a threshold angle range, and a second bending stiffness for bendings beyond the upper end of the threshold angle range, wherein the second bending stiffness is greater than the first bending stiffness.

Supporting element for shoes

Soles for a shoe have a midsole with a base body and a plurality of deformation elements, and an outsole with a first outsole region and a plurality of first outsole elements. Pressure load on one first outsole element of the plurality of first outsole elements leads to a deformation of at least one of the plurality of deformation elements which are associated with the one first outsole element of the plurality of first outsole elements.

Sole for a shoe

The present invention relates to a sole () for a shoe (), in particular for a cycling shoe (), comprising: (a.) a three-dimensionally shaped rim (); and (b.) a plurality of first reinforcing struts (--), wherein (c.) at least two (--) of the plurality of first reinforcing struts (--) extend from a heel region () of the rim () of the sole () to a toe region () of the rim () of the sole (), and wherein (d.) the rim () of the sole () and the plurality of first reinforcing struts (--) are integrally manufactured as a single piece in an additive manufacturing process.

Additive manufactured metal sports performance footwear components

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Daniel Stephen Price