SELECTIVE LASER BONDING ON TEXTILES
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230366138A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-16

    申请号:US18197626

    申请日:2023-05-15

    申请人: NIKE, Inc.

    IPC分类号: D04H1/541 D04H1/559 D06M10/00

    摘要: Electromagnetic radiation is applied (e.g., by a laser) to a nonwoven textile comprising first fibers having a first propensity to absorb the electromagnetic radiation and second fibers having a second propensity to absorb the electromagnetic radiation that is lower than the first propensity. The electromagnetic radiation may be used to form discrete bonding structures within the volume of the nonwoven textile, wherein the bonding structures are generally absent from the faces of the nonwoven textile.

    Articles of apparel incorporating cushioning elements

    公开(公告)号:US10959476B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-30

    申请号:US15596471

    申请日:2017-05-16

    申请人: NIKE, Inc.

    发明人: David Turner

    IPC分类号: A42B3/12 A41D13/015 A41D13/05

    摘要: Cushioning elements for apparel may include a pair of material layers and a pad component that is located between and secured to the material layers. At least one surface of the pad component includes a plurality of elongate grooves. In addition, a plurality of elongate voids extend through the pad component.

    Method of making foams using partial molds

    公开(公告)号:US10730231B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-04

    申请号:US16120395

    申请日:2018-09-03

    申请人: NIKE, Inc.

    摘要: A method of making a foamed article, for example a foamed component for an article or footwear, comprises depositing an unfoamed, thermoplastic polymer onto a support surface in a three-dimensional printing process to form an unfoamed article; heating the article to soften the article and infusing the softened article with at least one inert gas at a first pressure greater than atmospheric pressure that is sufficient to cause the at least one inert gas to permeate into the softened article; and reducing the pressure to second pressure below the first pressure while the article is softened to at least partially foam the article, wherein a surface of a partial mold limits foam expansion in at least one direction but less than all directions. The article or a part of the article may be made by printing a thermoplastic polymeric material with a three-dimensional printer in a structure of interconnected, unfoamed, thermoplastic polymeric members spaced to define openings between the thermoplastic polymeric members.