Method of making chamber with tensile member
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsZvi Rapaport, Darren C. Davison
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Abstract
A fluid-filled may include including an outer barrier, a tensile member, and a fluid. The tensile member may be located within barrier and formed from a textile element that includes a pair of spaced layers joined by a plurality of connecting members. A method of manufacturing the chamber may include locating a textile tensile member between two polymer elements. Pressure and heat are applied to the tensile member and the polymer elements in a first area and in a second area. The pressure is greater in the first area than in the second area. In addition, the polymer elements are bonded together around a periphery of the tensile member.
Claims6
A method of manufacturing a fluid-filled chamber, the method comprising:
- locating a textile tensile member between two polymer elements, at least one of the polymer elements having a tapered thickness;
- applying pressure to the tensile member and the polymer elements to bond the polymer elements to the tensile member;
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- bonding the polymer elements together around a periphery of the tensile member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.