Adidas International Marketing B.v.

Adidas Ag

Mark Henderson

Robert Leimer

Gerd Rainer Manz

Angus Wardlaw

Jan Hill

Timothy David Lucas

Charles Griffin Wilson, Iii

Matthew Daniel Chandler

Stuart David Reinhardt

Jacques Magloire Perrault

James Tarrier

Heiko Schlarb

Timothy Kelvin Robinson

Derek Andrew Luther

Darren Michael Wood

Andrew Jacob Schneider

Jochen Bjoern Suessmuth

Dustin Kendrick

Christian Siegl

Chris Holmes

C Griffin Wilson, Iii

Franz G Rott

Mario Poerner

Matthew Chapdelaine

Described are methods of estimating a physical property associated with a region of a sports article. The method includes determining a plurality of structural features within the region, determining, for each structural feature, a feature value, mapping each feature value to a physical property, wherein the mapping is based on a machine learning algorithm from a limited plurality of samples, and wherein each sample associates a feature value with a value of the physical property, and using the mapping to estimate the physical property for the region.

Volume based prediction of physical properties in sports articles

Described are shoe uppers in which at least a portion thereof is formed of a multilayered material. The multilayered material includes at least one nonwoven fiber layer with unidirectionally oriented fibers and a matrix material, wherein the multilayered material has elastic properties that allow the multilayered material to deform when stretched over a three dimensional mold.

Multilayered textile material in shoes

Torsion control devices for use in an article of footwear are disclosed. An article of footwear comprises: a sole having a forefoot portion and a rearfoot portion; and a torsion element disposed in the sole, wherein the torsion element allows the forefoot portion to rotate in a first direction relative to the rearfoot portion and restricts rotation of the forefoot portion relative to the rearfoot portion in a second direction.

Torsion control devices and related articles of footwear

The present invention relates to a shoe sole including a cushioning element. The shoe sole can include a heel cup or heel rim having a shape that substantially corresponds to the shape of heel of a foot. Further, the heel part can include a plurality of side walls arranged below the heel cup or rim and at least one tension element that interconnects at least one side wall to another side wall or to the heel cup or rim. The heel cup or rim, the plurality of side walls, and the at least one tension element can be integrally formed as a single piece.

Structural element for a shoe sole

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Portland, OR, United States of America

Mark Henderson