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Footwear component manufacturing system

US11884791B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

NIKE, Inc. · US

Inventors

Paul Irving Archer · Portland, US
Hossein A. Baghdadi · Portland, US
Jay Constantinou · Beaverton, US
Gregory Paul Dufour · Portland, US
Sami Mohamad Fakhouri · Portland, US
Floyd Whitney Miles · Beaverton, US
Joseph Thomas Muth · North Plains, US
Bradley C. Tutmark · Beaverton, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 8, 2021
Grant date	Jan 30, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 8, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02W30/62
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A system including an injector, a press, and a robotic conveyance is used to form a physically foamed article of footwear component from a single-phase solution of a polymeric composition and a supercritical fluid. The parameters and features of the system are configured for the formation of the footwear component in an automated manner with enhanced throughput by the system.

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