EP3788901B1 - Schuhartikel mit blasenelement mit einer dämpfungskomponente mit einer einzigen mittigen öffnung und dämpfungskomponente mit mehreren verbindungseinrichtungen und verfahren zur herstellung - Google Patents

Schuhartikel mit blasenelement mit einer dämpfungskomponente mit einer einzigen mittigen öffnung und dämpfungskomponente mit mehreren verbindungseinrichtungen und verfahren zur herstellung Download PDF

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EP3788901B1
EP3788901B1 EP20201908.9A EP20201908A EP3788901B1 EP 3788901 B1 EP3788901 B1 EP 3788901B1 EP 20201908 A EP20201908 A EP 20201908A EP 3788901 B1 EP3788901 B1 EP 3788901B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B13/00—Soles; Sole-and-heel integral units
    • A43B13/02—Soles; Sole-and-heel integral units characterised by the material
    • A43B13/12—Soles with several layers of different materials
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B13/00—Soles; Sole-and-heel integral units
    • A43B13/02—Soles; Sole-and-heel integral units characterised by the material
    • A43B13/12—Soles with several layers of different materials
    • A43B13/122—Soles with several layers of different materials characterised by the outsole or external layer
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B13/00—Soles; Sole-and-heel integral units
    • A43B13/14—Soles; Sole-and-heel integral units characterised by the constructive form
    • A43B13/18—Resilient soles
    • A43B13/181—Resiliency achieved by the structure of the sole
    • A43B13/184—Resiliency achieved by the structure of the sole the structure protruding from the outsole
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B13/00—Soles; Sole-and-heel integral units
    • A43B13/14—Soles; Sole-and-heel integral units characterised by the constructive form
    • A43B13/18—Resilient soles
    • A43B13/20—Pneumatic soles filled with a compressible fluid, e.g. air, gas
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B13/00—Soles; Sole-and-heel integral units
    • A43B13/14—Soles; Sole-and-heel integral units characterised by the constructive form
    • A43B13/18—Resilient soles
    • A43B13/20—Pneumatic soles filled with a compressible fluid, e.g. air, gas
    • A43B13/203—Pneumatic soles filled with a compressible fluid, e.g. air, gas provided with a pump or valve
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B13/00—Soles; Sole-and-heel integral units
    • A43B13/14—Soles; Sole-and-heel integral units characterised by the constructive form
    • A43B13/18—Resilient soles
    • A43B13/20—Pneumatic soles filled with a compressible fluid, e.g. air, gas
    • A43B13/206—Pneumatic soles filled with a compressible fluid, e.g. air, gas provided with tubes or pipes or tubular shaped cushioning members

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  • the present teachings generally include a method of manufacturing a sole structure of an article of footwear.
  • Footwear typically includes a sole configured to be located under a wearer's foot to space the foot away from the ground or floor surface.
  • Athletic footwear in particular sometimes utilizes polyurethane foam or other resilient materials in the sole to provide cushioning.
  • Fluid-filled bladders are sometimes included in the sole to provide desired impact force absorption, motion control, and resiliency.
  • Document US 896 075 A describes a shoe including a rubber sole or heel provided with air chambers that project below the tread surface thereof, and air inlets leading to said chambers.
  • the cushioning components are spaced apart from one another so that an outer surface of each of the cushioning components is substantially decoupled from an outer surface of an adjacent one of the cushioning components.
  • the first cushioning component is a regular ring torus or an irregular ring torus.
  • the connecting features are tubular pillars. At least one of the tubular pillars may comprise an opening extending completely through said at least one of the tubular pillars.
  • the tubular pillar with the opening extending completely therethrough may be hollow.
  • the connecting features are tethers positioned within the fluid-filled cavity of the second cushioning component.
  • the cushioning components comprise a third cushioning component and a fourth cushioning component.
  • the third cushioning component includes a single central opening extending completely therethrough, and a continuous fluid-filled cavity surrounding the central opening of the third cushioning component.
  • the fourth cushioning component includes multiple connecting features positioned inward of an outer periphery of the fourth cushioning component and connecting a first side of the fourth cushioning component to a second side of the fourth cushioning component opposite the first side of the fourth cushioning component.
  • the first cushioning component is positioned between a medial extremity of the sole structure and the third cushioning component.
  • the third cushioning component is positioned between a lateral extremity of the sole structure and the first cushioning component.
  • the second cushioning component is positioned between the medial extremity of the sole structure and the fourth cushioning component.
  • the fourth cushioning component is positioned between the lateral extremity of the sole structure and the second cushioning component.
  • first cushioning component and the second cushioning component are both positioned in a forefoot portion of the sole structure, and the second cushioning component is positioned forward of the first cushioning component.
  • the second cushioning component is in a heel portion of the article of footwear and includes tubular portions extending along a periphery of the sole structure in the heel portion.
  • the cushioning components comprise a tubular cushioning component extending lengthwise along a medial extremity of the sole structure in a midfoot portion of the sole structure.
  • the bladder element includes channels connecting adjacent ones of the cushioning components and establishing fluid communication between said adjacent ones of the cushioning components. At least one of the channels may be sealed so that the adjacent ones of the cushioning components connected by the sealed channel are isolated from fluid communication with one another by the sealed channel. The adjacent ones of the cushioning components connected by the sealed channel may have different inflation pressures.
  • a gap is provided between adjacent ones of the cushioning components and extends from a medial extremity to a lateral extremity of the sole structure.
  • Substantially decoupling the cushioning components allows at least some of the outer surfaces of the cushioning components to be surrounded by or encased in foam in some embodiments. Gaps between the lengths of the tubes may be filled with the foam, or may be free from foam or other structure. The foam-filled or empty gaps allow for increased fore-aft flexibility of the sole structure in comparison to a bladder element in which outer surfaces of adjacent cushioning components are not substantially decoupled.
  • a method of manufacturing a sole structure of an article of footwear comprises forming a bladder element having multiple cushioning components.
  • Each cushioning component includes a fluid-filled cavity.
  • the cushioning components comprise a first cushioning component that has a single central opening extending completely therethrough, and has a continuous fluid-filled cavity surrounding the central opening.
  • the cushioning components further comprise a second cushioning component that has multiple connecting features positioned inward of an outer periphery of the second cushioning component and that connect a first side of the second cushioning component to a second side of the second cushioning component opposite the first side.
  • the second cushioning component is substantially decoupled from the first cushioning component.
  • the multiple connecting features are hollow tubes
  • forming the bladder element includes positioning polymeric sheets in the mold assembly and thermoforming the polymeric sheets in the mold assembly to include tubular pillars.
  • the method further comprises punching holes in the polymeric sheets at the tubular pillars so that the tubular pillars are hollow.
  • forming the bladder element comprises forming channels connecting adjacent ones of the cushioning components to establish fluid communication between the adjacent ones of the cushioning components, and forming an inflation port disposed at a periphery of the bladder element and in fluid communication with the adjacent ones of the cushioning components via the channels.
  • the method further comprises inflating the bladder element through the inflation port to a first inflation pressure, closing one of the channels to form a sealed first portion of the bladder element, and inflating a remaining unsealed portion of the bladder element through the inflation port to a second inflation pressure, thereby establishing different inflation pressures in different ones of the cushioning components separated from one another by the closed channel.
  • the method further comprises at least partially covering an outer surface of at least one of the cushioning components with foam.
  • the cushioning component 35C is in the heel portion 22 of the sole structure 16 and the article of footwear 10.
  • the cushioning component 35C includes extended tubular portions 60A, 60B that extend along a periphery P of the sole structure 16 in the heel portion 22. More specifically, the tubular portion 60A extends along the periphery P at a lateral extremity 60 of the sole structure 16, and the tubular portion 60B extends along the periphery P at a medial extremity 62 of the sole structure 16.
  • the tubular portions 60A, 60B may be higher in height than the portion of the cushioning component 35C having the tubular pillars 44, thus providing greater support and deflection ability at the periphery P.
  • the bladder element 30 includes a tubular cushioning component 36 that extends lengthwise along the medial extremity 62 of the sole structure 16 generally at the midfoot portion 20 of the sole structure 16.
  • the cushioning component 36 thus provides cushioning and support for an arch area of the foot 14.
  • the cushioning component 34A is positioned between the medial extremity 62 and the cushioning component 34B.
  • the cushioning component 34B is positioned between the lateral extremity 60 and the cushioning component 34A.
  • the cushioning component 35A is positioned between the medial extremity 62 and the cushioning component 35B.
  • the cushioning component 35B is positioned between the lateral extremity 60 and the cushioning component 35A.
  • the cushioning components 34A and 35A are generally on a medial side of a longitudinal midline L of the sole structure 16, and the cushioning components 34B, 35B are generally on a lateral side of the longitudinal midline L.
  • the cushioning components 34A, 34B, 35A, and 35B are positioned in the forefoot portion 18 of the sole structure 16.
  • the cushioning component 36 is positioned between the medial extremity 62 and the cushioning component 34C.
  • the cushioning component 34C is positioned between the lateral extremity 60 and the cushioning component 36.
  • the cushioning components 34C and 36 are positioned in the midfoot portion 20 of the sole structure 16.
  • the cushioning component 35C is positioned in the heel portion 22 of the sole structure 16.
  • the cushioning component 34A may be referred to as the first cushioning component, and the cushioning component 35C may be referred to as the second cushioning component.
  • the cushioning component 35A may be referred to as a second cushioning component
  • the cushioning component 34B may be referred to as a third cushioning component
  • the cushioning component 35B may be referred to as the fourth cushioning component
  • the cushioning component 34C may be referred to as the fifth cushioning component.
  • Any of the cushioning components 35A, 35B, and 35C may simply be referred to as the cushioning component, and any of the cushioning components 34A, 34B, and 34C may be referred to as an additional cushioning component.
  • the cushioning component 34A is rearward of the cushioning component 35A.
  • the cushioning component 34B is rearward of the cushioning component 35B.
  • the cushioning component 34C is rearward of the cushioning component 34B.
  • the cushioning component 35C is rearward of the cushioning component 35B.
  • the cushioning components 34A, 34B, 34C, 35A, 35B, 35C, and 36 are substantially decoupled from one another.
  • outer surfaces of adjacent ones of the cushioning components are "substantially decoupled” from one another if they are connected with one another only by inflation channels or by the tubular cushioning components.
  • adjacent cushioning components may be indirectly connected to one another by a channel that establishes fluid communication or by the tubular cushioning components, but the outer surfaces of adjacent ones of the cushioning components are not directly connected to one another, nor are they indirectly connected to one another by webbing formed from the material used to form the cushioning components.
  • Adjacent ones of the cushioning components 34A, 34B, 34C, 35A, 35B, 35C, and 36 are disconnected from one another along more than fifty percent of their perimeters. Moreover, the outer surface of any of the cushioning components 34A, 34B, 34C, 35A, 35B, 35C, and 36 is not connected to the outer surface of an adjacent one of the cushioning components either directly or by webbing. As discussed herein, adjacent cushioning components are connected only indirectly by channels, such as channels 80A, 80B, 80C, 80D, 80E, and 80F.
  • Bladder elements typically have webbing between inflated portions. Webbing is uninflated portions of polymeric material used to form a bladder element, such as sheet material.
  • the channels 80A, 80B, 80C, 80D, 80E, and 80F connect adjacent ones of the cushioning components 34A, 34B, 34C, 35A, 35B, 35C, and 36 along portions of their perimeters to establish fluid communication between the connected adjacent ones of the cushioning components 34A, 34B, 34C, 35A, 35B, 35C, and 36 when the channels 80A, 80B, 80C, 80D, 80E, and 80F are not sealed.
  • the channel 80A connects cushioning component 34A to the cushioning component 35A.
  • the channel 80B connects the cushioning component 34B to the cushioning component 35B.
  • the channel 80C connects the cushioning component 34C to the cushioning component 34B.
  • the channel 80D connects the cushioning component 34A to the cushioning component 34B.
  • the channel 80E connects the cushioning component 34C to the cushioning component 35C.
  • the channel 80F connects the cushioning component 36 to the channel 80E, thereby placing the cushioning component 36 in fluid communication with the cushioning components 34C and 35C.
  • One or more of the channels 80A, 80B, 80C, 80D, 80E, and 80F can be sealed so that the adjacent cushioning components connected by the sealed channel are isolated from fluid communication with one another.
  • the bladder element 30 includes an inflation port 82 that is disposed at a forward-most periphery 83 of the bladder element 30.
  • the inflation port 82 could be provided at another location along the periphery of the bladder element 30.
  • the inflation port 82 is connected to the cushioning component 35A and is in fluid communication with all of the cushioning components 34A, 34B, 34C, 35A, 35B, 35C, and 36, via the channels 80A, 80B, 80C, 80D, 80E, and 80F when the channels 80A, 80B, 80C, 80D, 80E, and 80F are not sealed.
  • the channels 80A, 80B, 80C, 80D, 80E, and 80F and the inflation port 82 are formed simultaneously with the cushioning components 34A, 34B, 34C, 35A, 35B, 35C, and 36 by thermoforming or blow molding polymeric material to form the bladder element 30. Accordingly, the cushioning components 34A, 34B, 34C, 35A, 35B, 35C, 36, the channels 80A, 80B, 80C, 80D, 80E, and 80F, and the inflation port 82 are formed simultaneously with one another and are of the same material.
  • the inflation port 82 and the channels 80A, 80B, 80C, 80D, 80E, and 80F are positioned and configured to enable the bladder element 30 to be inflated with and to retain different fluid pressures in different portions of the bladder element 30.
  • the channels 80A and 80B are relatively narrow in width in comparison to the cushioning components 34A, 34B, 35A, 35B, and extend generally longitudinally between the cushioning components 34A, 34B, 35A, and 35B. Accordingly, the channels 80A, 80B do not significantly diminish flexibility of the sole structure 16 in the fore-aft direction at the gap G1.
  • gaps G1 and G2 serve as flexion regions for flexing of the sole structure 16 in the fore-aft direction
  • gap G3 serves as a flexion region for flexing of the sole structure 16 in a lateral direction.
  • Any foam 32 that covers the outer surfaces of the cushioning components 34A, 34B, 34C, 35A, 35B, 35C, and 36 and fills the gaps G1, G2, G3 can be configured to have greater flexibility than the inflated bladder element 30.
  • FIG. 10 shows foam 32 covering outer surfaces 90A, 90B of cushioning components 34B, 35B.
  • FIG. 11 shows another embodiment of a bladder element 130 that can be used instead of bladder element 30 in the sole structure 16 of FIG. 1 .
  • the bladder element 130 has many of the same features as described with respect to bladder element 30, and such features are referenced with the same reference numbers as shown and described with respect to FIG. 2 .
  • the bladder element 130 includes cushioning components 135A, 135B, and 135C used in place of cushioning components 35A, 35B, and 35C, respectively.
  • Each of the cushioning components 135A, 135B, and 135C may be referred to as a second cushioning component, and has multiple connecting features 144 positioned inward of an outer periphery of the second cushioning component and connecting a first side of the cushioning component to a second side of the cushioning component.
  • the tethers 144 connect the first plate 194A to the second plate 194B and thereby connect a first side 150 of the cushioning component 135A to a second side 152 of the cushioning component 135A.
  • the tether element 192 including the tethers 144 and the plates 194A, 194B, is within a fluid-filled cavity 138D of the cushioning component 135A.
  • the interior cavity 138D is inflated with a fluid that exerts an outward force upon the sheets 170, 172 and the plates 194A, 194B.
  • the tethers 144 extend across the interior cavity 138D and are placed in tension by the outward force of the pressurized fluid upon the sheets 170, 172, thereby preventing the cushioning component 135A from expanding outward and retaining a desired shape of cushioning component 135A.
  • a peripheral bond joins the polymer sheets 170, 172 to form a seal at a peripheral flange 145A that prevents the fluid from escaping, and the tether element 192 prevents the cushioning component 135A from expanding outward or otherwise distending due to the pressure of the fluid. That is, the tether element 192 effectively limits the expansion of interior cavity 138D to retain an intended shape of surfaces of the cushioning component 135A.
  • An individual filament utilized in tethers 144 may be formed form a single material (i.e., a monocomponent filament) or from multiple materials (i.e., a bicomponent filament). Similarly, different filaments may be formed from different materials. As an example, yarns utilized as tethers 144 may include filaments that are each formed from a common material, may include filaments that are each formed from two or more different materials, or may include filaments that are each formed from two or more different materials. Similar concepts also apply to threads, cables, or ropes. The thickness of tethers 144 may also vary significantly to range from 0.03 millimeters to more than 5 millimeters, for example.

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  1. Verfahren zum Herstellen einer Sohlenstruktur (16) eines Schuhwerkartikels (10), umfassend:
    Bilden eines Blasenelements (30) mit mehreren Polster- bzw. Dämpfungskomponenten (34A, 34B, 34C, 35A, 35B, 35C, 36), die jeweils einen fluid- bzw. flüssigkeitsgefüllten Hohlraum enthalten;
    wobei die Dämpfungskomponenten (34A, 34B, 34C, 35A, 35B, 35C, 36) umfassen:
    eine erste Dämpfungskomponente (34A) mit:
    einer einzelnen zentralen Öffnung (40A), die sich vollständig durch diese erstreckt; und
    einem durchgehenden fluid- bzw. flüssigkeitsgefüllten Hohlraum (38A), der die einzelne zentrale Öffnung (40A) umgibt; und
    eine zweite Dämpfungskomponente (35A, 35C) mit mehreren Verbindungsmerkmalen (44), die innerhalb eines Außenumfangs der zweiten Dämpfungskomponente (35A, 35C) positioniert sind und eine erste Seite (50A) der zweiten Dämpfungskomponente (35A, 35C) mit einer zweiten Seite (52A) der zweiten Dämpfungskomponente (35A, 35C) gegenüberliegend bzw. entgegengesetzt der ersten Seite (50A) verbinden, wobei die zweite Dämpfungskomponente (35A, 35C) im Wesentlichen von der ersten Dämpfungskomponente (34A) entkoppelt ist.
  2. Herstellungsverfahren nach Anspruch 1, wobei:
    die mehreren Verbindungsmerkmale (44) Hohlrohre sind; und
    das Bilden des Blasenelements (30) beinhaltet:
    Positionieren von Polymerlagen (70, 72) in einer Formanordnung, und
    Thermoformen der Polymerlagen (70, 72) in der Formanordnung, um rohrförmige Säulen als die mehreren Verbindungsmerkmal (44) der zweiten Dämpfungskomponente (35A, 35C) einzuschließen.
  3. Herstellungsverfahren nach Anspruch 2, wobei das Bilden des Blasenelements (30) ein Verpressformen der Polymerlagen (70, 72) miteinander an einem Umfangsflansch (79) beinhaltet.
  4. Herstellungsverfahren nach Anspruch 2, ferner umfassend:
    Stanzen von Löchern in die Polymerlagen (70, 72) an den rohrförmigen Säulen, so dass die rohrförmigen Säulen hohl sind.
  5. Herstellungsverfahren nach Anspruch 1, wobei das Blasenelement (30) eine erste Polymerlage (70) und eine zweite Polymerlage (72) aufweist, die zusammen die Dämpfungskomponenten (34A, 34B, 34C, 35A, 35B, 35C, 36) bilden, und wobei das Herstellungsverfahren ferner umfasst:
    Verbinden eines Halteelements (192) mit einer inneren Fläche bzw. Oberfläche der ersten Polymerlage (70) und mit einer inneren Fläche bzw. Oberfläche der zweiten Polymerlage (72); wobei das Halteelement (192) die mehreren Verbindungsmerkmale (44) der zweiten Dämpfungskomponente (35A, 35C) enthält.
  6. Herstellungsverfahren nach Anspruch 5, wobei das Verbinden des Halteelements (192) durch adhäsives Bonden oder thermisches Bonden des Halteelements (192) an die innere Fläche der ersten Polymerlage (70) und die innere Fläche der zweiten Polymerlage (72) erfolgt.
  7. Herstellungsverfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1-6, ferner umfassend Stanzen eines Lochs in das Blasenelement (30), um die einzelne zentrale Öffnung der ersten Dämpfungskomponente (34A) zu definieren.
  8. Herstellungsverfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 17, wobei das Bilden des Blasenelements (30) umfasst:
    Bilden von Kanälen (80A, 80B, 80C, 80D, 80E, 80F), die benachbarte bzw. angrenzende der Dämpfungskomponenten (34A, 34B, 34C, 35A, 35B, 35C, 36) verbinden, um eine Fluid- bzw. Flüssigkeitsverbindung zwischen den benachbarten Polsterkomponenten (34A, 34B, 34C, 35A, 35B, 35C, 36) herzustellen.
  9. Herstellungsverfahren nach Anspruch 8, wobei das Bilden des Blasenelements (30) umfasst:
    Bilden einer Aufblasöffnung (82), die an einem Umfang des Blasenelements (30) angeordnet ist und über die Kanäle (80A, 80B, 80C, 80D, 80E, 80F) in Fluid- bzw. Flüssigkeitsverbindung mit den benachbarten der Dämpfungskomponenten (34A, 34B, 34C, 35A, 35B, 35C, 36) ist.
  10. Herstellungsverfahren nach Anspruch 9, ferner umfassend:
    Aufblasen des Blasenelements (30) durch die Aufblasöffnung (82) auf einen ersten Aufblasdruck.
  11. Herstellungsverfahren nach Anspruch 10, ferner umfassend:
    Schließen eines der Kanäle (80A, 80B, 80C, 80D, 80E, 80F), um einen abgedichteten ersten Abschnitt des Blasenelements (30) zu bilden,
    Aufblasen eines zweiten Abschnitts des Blasenelements (30) durch die Aufblasöffnung (82) auf einen zweiten Aufblasdruck, der sich von dem ersten Aufblasdruck unterscheidet.
  12. Herstellungsverfahren nach Anspruch 11, wobei die erste Dämpfungskomponente (34A) in dem abgedichteten ersten Abschnitt enthalten ist und die zweite Dämpfungskomponente (35A, 35C) in dem zweiten Abschnitt enthalten ist.
  13. Herstellungsverfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1-12, ferner umfassend:
    zumindest teilweises Bedecken einer äußeren Fläche bzw. Oberfläche zumindest einer der Dämpfungskomponenten (34A, 34B, 34C, 35A, 35B, 35C, 36) mit Schaum bzw. Schaumstoff (32).
  14. Herstellungsverfahren nach Anspruch 13, ferner umfassend:
    Verbinden einer Laufsohle oder von Laufsohlenelementen mit dem Schaumstoff (32).
  15. Herstellungsverfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 114, ferner umfassend:
    Verbinden einer Laufsohle oder von Laufsohlenelementen mit dem Blasenelement (30).
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