Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Shoe closure device
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Application No.: US16578395Application Date: 2019-09-22
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Publication No.: US10743619B2Publication Date: 2020-08-18
- Inventor: Yong Zhu , Yam Chong , Chenmin Liu , Shengbo Lu
- Applicant: Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Limited
- Applicant Address: HK Hong Kong
- Assignee: Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Limited
- Current Assignee: Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Limited
- Current Assignee Address: HK Hong Kong
- Agency: Idea Intellectual Limited
- Agent Margaret A. Burke; Sam T. Yip
- Main IPC: A43C1/06
- IPC: A43C1/06 ; A43C11/00 ; F16B1/00

Abstract:
A shoe closure device comprising: a housing including a top cover portion and a bottom cover portion; a shape memory shoe fastener; a first electrically-powered heater positioned above the shape-memory shoe fastener; a second electrically-powered heater positioned beneath the shape memory shoe fastener; a rechargeable battery positioned within the housing and electrically communicating with each of the first and second electrically-powered heaters; a controller electrically communicating with the rechargeable battery and positioned within the housing, the controller including a microprocessor, a battery charging control circuit, and a wireless charging receiver, the controller configured to heat the shape memory shoe fastener to return each of the shape memory polymer strips to the shape-recovered configuration to close a shoe; an actuator communicating with the controller to actuate the controller to heat the shape memory shoe fastener.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200100569A1 SHOE CLOSURE DEVICE Public/Granted day:2020-04-02
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