Shoe with midsole including layer of metamaterial
AssigneeThe Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/Mcgill University
InventorsDamiano PASINI, Lei WU
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Abstract
A sole layer for an item of footwear, has a metamaterial, the metamaterial including unit cells interconnected to one another, a unit cell of the unit cell configurable in a selected one of a first configuration and a second configuration, the unit cells being stable in both of the first configuration and the second configuration, the unit cell in the first configuration differing from the unit cell in the second configuration by one or more of an energy absorption, an energy dissipation, an energy return, and a stiffness.
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A sole layer for an item of footwear, comprising a metamaterial, the metamaterial including unit cells interconnected to one another, a unit cell of the unit cell configurable in a selected one of a first configuration and a second configuration, the unit cells being stable in both of the first configuration and the second configuration, the unit cell in the first configuration differing from the unit cell in the second configuration by one or more of an energy absorption, an energy dissipation, an energy return, and a stiffness.
A metamaterial comprising unit cells interconnected to one another, a unit cell of the unit cells having a core and rotating members pivotably engaged to the core, the core and the rotating members being rotatable one relative to the other, the unit cell configurable in a selected one of a first configuration and a second configuration by rotating the core and the rotating members relative to one another, the unit cells being stable in both of the first configuration and the second configuration, the unit cell in the first configuration differing from the unit cell in the second configuration by one or more of an energy absorption, an energy dissipation, an energy return, and a stiffness.
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