Sports ball with staggered surface features

    公开(公告)号:US11759681B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-19

    申请号:US17179922

    申请日:2021-02-19

    申请人: NIKE, Inc.

    摘要: A sports ball may include an interior bladder and a cover disposed about the bladder. The cover comprises a plurality of adjoining panels, wherein each panel defines a plurality of panel edges that each extend in a predetermined edge direction along an edge length of less than 7.5 centimeters. The cover may further define a plurality of interior channels. Each interior channel extends in a predetermined channel direction along a channel length of less than 7.5 centimeters. The panel edges and the interior channels are staggered, such that each edge direction is obliquely angled with respect to each of the other edge directions, and each interior channel direction is obliquely angled with respect to each of the other interior channel directions and each of the edge directions of the respective panel. Such an arrangement limits directional feature length and promotes a balanced topography upon the exterior surface of the ball.

    METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BASKETBALL
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    发明申请
    METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BASKETBALL 审中-公开
    制造篮球的方法

    公开(公告)号:US20150343703A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-12-03

    申请号:US14291206

    申请日:2014-05-30

    申请人: ANDREW WANG

    发明人: ANDREW WANG

    IPC分类号: B29C65/70

    摘要: A method for manufacturing a basketball ensures quick manufacturing and high closeness between layers of the basketball. The method involves providing a vacuum mold with two mold halves, placing an inner cover in the mold halves, placing a fabric-covered bladder in one of the mold halves, closing the mold halves and making a space between the mold halves vacuum, so as to provide vacuum suction that forces the inner cover to be closely adhered to the fabric-covered bladder, thereby forming a middle bladder, placing a surface into the mold halves, placing the middle bladder into one of the mold halves, closing the mold halves and providing vacuum suction in the space again to make the surface closely adhered to the middle bladder, thereby forming a semi-product, placing the semi-product into a vulcanizing mold for heating and vulcanization, and obtaining the finalized basketball.

    摘要翻译: 制作篮球的方法可以确保篮球的层次之间的快速制造和高亲密度。 该方法包括提供具有两个半模的真空模具,将内盖放置在半模中,将织物覆盖的气囊放置在其中一个半模中,封闭半模并使半模之间的空间真空,以便 以提供迫使内盖紧密粘合到织物覆盖的囊上的真空吸力,从而形成中间囊,将表面放置在半模中,将中间囊放置在其中一个半模中,封闭半模和 再次在该空间中提供真空吸力,使表面紧密地粘附到中间的囊状物上,从而形成半成品,将半成品放入硫化模具中进行加热和硫化,并获得定型篮球。