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US 12,213,547 B2Granted
Controllable apparel venting
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsSteven H. Walker, Daniel Stuart, Eun Kyung Lee, Christopher Andon
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Abstract
An article of apparel can include an aperture. An electroadhesive clutch device can be coupled to, or integrated with, the article of apparel, and the clutch device can be configured to selectively open and close the aperture. An electric signal generator can be coupled to the clutch device and configured to provide one or more signals to the clutch device to thereby open or close the aperture.
Claims20
An article of apparel, the article of apparel comprising:
- an aperture in the article of apparel;
- an electroadhesive clutch device integrated into the article of apparel and configured to selectively open and close the aperture;
- and
- an electric signal generator configured to provide one or more signals to the clutch device to thereby open or close the aperture.
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A method, comprising:
- forming an aperture in an article of apparel;
- integrating an electroadhesive clutch device with the article of apparel, the electroadhesive clutch device configured to selectively open and close the aperture in the article of apparel;
- and
- coupling an electric signal generator with the clutch device, the electric signal generator configured to provide one or more signals to the clutch device to selectively open and/or close the aperture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.