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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2022
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Hossein A. Baghdadi, Portland, OR (US);
Joseph Thomas Muth, North Plains, OR (US);
Bradley C. Tutmark, Aloha, OR (US);
H. Kenneth Hanson, III, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Danny David Lumpkin, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Robert L. Ritchie, Warsaw, IN (US);
Shawn J. Schnee, Liberty Township, OH (US);
NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
A molding system and a method for operation of the molding system are provided. The method includes flowing a molten polymeric material from an upstream device into an in-mold tuning chamber in a filling position where the in-mold tuning chamber is positioned at least partially within a mold cavity. The method also includes adjusting at least one of a temperature of and a pressure applied to the molten polymeric material in the in-mold tuning chamber to create a first tuned molten polymeric material and releasing the tuned molten polymeric material into the mold cavity from the in-mold tuning chamber.