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Injection-molding method

US11673357B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

adidas AG · DE

Inventors

Marco Fischhold · Tangerang, ID
Eric Jeandin · Nuremberg, DE
Harald Geyer · Herzogenaurach, DE
Ulisse Matthias Tanzini · Nuremberg, DE
Goussev STANISLAV · Herzogenaurach, DE
Andrew LESLIE · Herzogenaurach, DE
Matthias LINZ · Herzogenaurach, DE
Sergius MERKER · Herzogenaurach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 30, 2019
Grant date	Jun 13, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 30, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB29D35/128
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention concerns a method of producing an article of footwear comprising: providing an upper; providing a mold and opening the mold; inserting the upper into the open mold; closing the mold; and injecting a pressurized molten resin, wherein, after the injecting, there is a gap filled with the resin between a side wall of the mold and an outer surface of at least a first portion of the upper, wherein the gap is essentially zero at a contacting point, wherein the gap increases gradually from the contacting point in at least a first region of the mold.

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