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US 2020/0093225 A1Published application
Homing mechanism for automated footwear platform
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsSummer L. Schneider, Jamie Kelso, Narissa Chang
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AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsSummer L. Schneider, Jamie Kelso, Narissa Chang
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Systems, methods, and apparatus related to a homing mechanism within a drive mechanism of a lacing engine for an automated footwear platform are described. In an example, the homing apparatus can include an indexing wheel, a plurality of Geneva teeth and a stop tooth. The plurality of Geneva teeth can be distributed around a portion of a perimeter of the indexing wheel. Each Geneva tooth of the plurality of Geneva teeth can include side profiles conforming to a first side profile that generates a first force when engaged by an index tooth on a portion of the drive mechanism. The stop tooth can be located along the perimeter of the indexing wheel between two Geneva teeth. Additionally, the stop tooth can include side profiles conforming to a second side profile that generates a second force when engaged by the index tooth.
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A method of homing a drive mechanism for a lacing engine, the method comprising:
A method of operating a lacing engine within a footwear apparatus, the method comprising:
At least one computer-readable medium containing instructions that, when executed by a processing circuit within a lacing engine of a footwear apparatus, cause the processing circuit to perform operations including:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.