US 11,786,013 B2
Motorized tensioning system with sensors
Tiffany A. Beers, Portland, OR (US); Andrew A. Owings, Portland, OR (US); Cody Collier Henderson, Denver, CO (US); James Alan Capra, Steamboat Springs, CO (US); Mark Stanley Soderberg, Conifer, CO (US); and Daniel Hipwood, Denver, CO (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Oct. 14, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/70,387.
Application 15/171,500 is a division of application No. 14/014,555, filed on Aug. 30, 2013, granted, now 9,365,387.
Application 17/070,387 is a continuation of application No. 16/884,427, filed on May 27, 2020.
Application 16/884,427 is a continuation of application No. 16/037,334, filed on Jul. 17, 2018.
Application 16/037,334 is a continuation of application No. 15/171,500, filed on Jun. 2, 2016, granted, now 10,046,942.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/695,953, filed on Aug. 31, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2021/0022452 A1, Jan. 28, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A43C 11/00 (2006.01); A43C 11/16 (2006.01); B65H 59/00 (2006.01); A43B 11/00 (2006.01); A61F 5/02 (2006.01); B65H 69/00 (2006.01); A43B 3/34 (2022.01); A43B 3/38 (2022.01); B65H 59/38 (2006.01)
CPC A43C 11/165 (2013.01) [A43B 3/34 (2022.01); A43B 3/38 (2022.01); A43B 11/00 (2013.01); A43C 11/00 (2013.01); A43C 11/008 (2013.01); A61F 5/028 (2013.01); B65H 59/00 (2013.01); B65H 59/384 (2013.01); B65H 69/00 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article of footwear, comprising: an upper;
a sole structure attached to the upper, the sole structure having a midfoot region;
a motorized tensioning device fixedly attached to the midfoot region;
the motorized tensioning device including a motor assembly coupled to a shaft member by a gear reduction system and a current sensor configured to measure current levels associated with the operation of the motor;
the motorized tensioning device having a first reel member and a first lace member secured to the first reel member;
wherein the first reel member is concentrically mounted to the shaft member;
wherein the motorized tensioning device is activated by a pressure force applied to the sole structure and output from the current sensor, wherein there is a first current level associated with operating the motor when the article of footwear is tensioned at the first tension level, wherein there is a second current level associated with operating the motor when the article of footwear is tensioned at the second tension level;
wherein the gear reduction system rotates the shaft member and the first reel member in a first rotational direction;
wherein the first lace member winds upon the first reel member in response to the rotation of the first reel member in the first rotational direction; and
wherein a portion of the first lace member extends through a first localized portion of the upper and wherein the first localized portion of the upper is adjusted in response to the winding of the first lace member in the first rotational direction.