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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 11702526 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2023

Filed:

Mar. 08, 2021

Footwear component manufacturing methods

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Paul Irving Archer, Portland, OR (US);

Hossein Allen Baghdadi, Portland, OR (US);

Jay Constantinou, Portland, OR (US);

Gregory Paul Dufour, Portland, OR (US);

Sami Mohamad Fakhouri, Portland, OR (US);

Floyd Whitney Miles, Beaverton, OR (US);

Joseph Thomas Muth, North Plains, OR (US);

Bradley C. Tutmark, Aloha, OR (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

Primary Examiner:

Stella K Yi

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J 9/12 (2006.01); B29D 35/00 (2010.01); B29D 35/12 (2010.01); A43B 1/14 (2006.01); B29D 35/08 (2010.01); B29D 35/14 (2010.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B29C 44/10 (2006.01); B29C 45/00 (2006.01); G06K 19/04 (2006.01); A43D 119/00 (2006.01); B29C 44/58 (2006.01); B29C 44/60 (2006.01); B29C 45/04 (2006.01); B29C 45/78 (2006.01); B29K 67/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/50 (2006.01); B29K 21/00 (2006.01); B29K 105/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C08J 9/12 (2013.01); A43B 1/14 (2013.01); A43D 119/00 (2013.01); B25J 15/0019 (2013.01); B29C 44/105 (2013.01); B29C 44/58 (2013.01); B29C 44/60 (2013.01); B29C 45/0001 (2013.01); B29C 45/04 (2013.01); B29C 45/78 (2013.01); B29D 35/0036 (2013.01); B29D 35/0045 (2013.01); B29D 35/081 (2013.01); B29D 35/122 (2013.01); B29D 35/128 (2013.01); B29D 35/148 (2013.01); G06K 19/045 (2013.01); B29C 2945/76531 (2013.01); B29C 2945/76752 (2013.01); B29K 2021/003 (2013.01); B29K 2067/00 (2013.01); B29K 2105/04 (2013.01); B29L 2031/50 (2013.01); B29L 2031/504 (2013.01); C08J 2367/00 (2013.01); C08J 2467/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Physical foaming a footwear component with a single-phase solution of a polymeric composition and a supercritical fluid is provided. The method include temperature conditioning a mold and then engaging the mold with a robot that conveys the mold to a press. At the press a gas counter pressure is applied to a cavity of the mold before injecting a single-phase solution of a polymeric composition and a supercritical fluid into the cavity of the mold. The process continues with releasing the gas counter pressure from the cavity of the mold and then removing the footwear component from the cavity of the mold. The parameters of the method are configured for the formation of the footwear component in an automated manner.

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