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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2018
Applicant:
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Inventors:
Yihua Chang, Portland, OR (US);
Richard L. Watkins, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J 9/00 (2006.01); C08J 9/12 (2006.01); C08J 9/16 (2006.01); C08J 9/18 (2006.01); C08J 9/232 (2006.01); C08J 9/236 (2006.01); C08L 75/04 (2006.01); C08G 18/32 (2006.01); C08G 18/73 (2006.01); C08J 9/22 (2006.01); C08G 101/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J 9/0061 (2013.01); C08G 18/3228 (2013.01); C08G 18/3278 (2013.01); C08G 18/3284 (2013.01); C08G 18/73 (2013.01); C08J 9/122 (2013.01); C08J 9/16 (2013.01); C08J 9/18 (2013.01); C08J 9/22 (2013.01); C08J 9/232 (2013.01); C08J 9/236 (2013.01); C08L 75/04 (2013.01); C08G 2101/00 (2013.01); C08J 2201/03 (2013.01); C08J 2201/032 (2013.01); C08J 2203/06 (2013.01); C08J 2203/08 (2013.01); C08J 2205/052 (2013.01); C08J 2207/00 (2013.01); C08J 2300/22 (2013.01); C08J 2300/26 (2013.01); C08J 2375/04 (2013.01); C08J 2423/08 (2013.01); C08J 2429/02 (2013.01); C08J 2429/04 (2013.01); C08J 2467/00 (2013.01); C08J 2477/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thermoplastic elastomer foam is made by incorporating a gaseous or supercritical blowing agent under pressure into a molten thermoplastic elastomer comprising polymeric crystalline domains, then releasing the pressure to foam the thermoplastic elastomer.