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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2006
Filed:
May. 02, 2002
Yihua Chang, Portland, OR (US);
Richard L. Watkins, Portland, OR (US);
David J. Goldwasser, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Robert D. Thompson, Portland, OR (US);
Richard P. Wool, Newark, DE (US);
Yihua Chang, Portland, OR (US);
Richard L. Watkins, Portland, OR (US);
David J. Goldwasser, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Robert D. Thompson, Portland, OR (US);
Richard P. Wool, Newark, DE (US);
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
A method for improving adhesion between two adjacent layers of a laminate membrane includes annealing the laminate membrane at a temperature between an α-transition temperature and a β-transition temperature of at least one polymeric component of at least one of two adjacent layers for a time sufficient for the at least one polymeric component of at least one of the adjacent layers to partially diffuse into the other adjacent layer. A sealed, inflated bladder of the invention prepared from the laminate membrane can experience high strains without layer separation or peeling of the laminate layers, even at a seam.