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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11419388 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 18, 2019

Bladder element formed from three sheets and method of manufacturing a bladder element

Applicant:

Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);

Inventors:

Fidencio Campos, II, Dallas, OR (US);

Zachary M. Elder, Portland, OR (US);

Benjamin J. Monfils, Portland, OR (US);

Assignee:

NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);

Attorney:

Quinn IP Law

Primary Examiner:

Marie D Bays

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 13/20 (2006.01); A43B 13/02 (2022.01); A43B 13/18 (2006.01); B29D 35/12 (2010.01); A43B 13/14 (2006.01); A43B 13/12 (2006.01); B29C 51/26 (2006.01); B29C 65/14 (2006.01); B29C 65/48 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29D 35/14 (2010.01); B32B 27/08 (2006.01); B32B 27/30 (2006.01); B32B 27/40 (2006.01); B29K 23/00 (2006.01); B29K 75/00 (2006.01); B29K 105/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 13/20 (2013.01); A43B 13/023 (2013.01); A43B 13/12 (2013.01); A43B 13/14 (2013.01); A43B 13/189 (2013.01); B29C 51/266 (2013.01); B29C 65/14 (2013.01); B29C 65/48 (2013.01); B29C 66/438 (2013.01); B29D 35/122 (2013.01); B29D 35/14 (2013.01); B32B 27/08 (2013.01); B32B 27/306 (2013.01); B32B 27/40 (2013.01); B29K 2023/083 (2013.01); B29K 2075/00 (2013.01); B29K 2105/256 (2013.01); B29L 2031/504 (2013.01); B32B 2250/05 (2013.01); B32B 2250/24 (2013.01); B32B 2250/42 (2013.01); B32B 2437/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of manufacturing a bladder element comprises forming at least one of a first, a second, and a third polymeric sheet to have a contoured surface profile. The first, the second, and the third polymeric sheets are stacked so that the second polymeric sheet is between the first polymeric sheet and the third polymeric sheet. The method comprises applying fluid pressure between the first polymeric sheet and second polymeric sheet, between the second polymeric sheet and the third polymeric sheet, or between both, forcing a first surface of the second polymeric sheet into contact with an inner surface of the first polymeric sheet, or a second surface of the second polymeric sheet into contact with an inner surface of the third polymeric sheet, or both. A bladder element is also disclosed.

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