US 11,872,796 B2
Closed loop feedback press
Stephen Hancock, Wake Forest, NC (US); Nicolai Luksza, Austin, TX (US); Adam Montoya, Shepherdsville, KY (US); Charles W. Morrison, Jarrell, TX (US); and Daniel Black Thayer, Plano, TX (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Nov. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/986,608.
Application 17/986,608 is a continuation of application No. 16/820,990, filed on Mar. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,524,495.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/821,271, filed on Mar. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0076942 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B32B 41/00 (2006.01); B32B 38/00 (2006.01); B32B 37/12 (2006.01); B32B 7/12 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01)
CPC B32B 41/00 (2013.01) [B32B 7/12 (2013.01); B32B 37/12 (2013.01); B32B 38/0012 (2013.01); B29C 66/91423 (2013.01); B29C 66/92445 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hot press comprising:
a frame;
a top platen positionally adjustable to the frame by an actuator, wherein the top platen has a top platen contacting surface formed from a first material;
a top platen heating element, the top platen heating element associated with the top platen;
a load cell, the load cell coupled with at least one of the actuator, the top platen, and the frame;
a bottom platen maintained by the frame, wherein the bottom platen has a bottom platen contacting surface formed from a second material, and wherein the bottom platen having a plurality of heating elements providing a differential temperature of the bottom platen contacting surface with a zonal control; and
a controller having a processor and memory, the controller configured to adjust an amount of force applied by the actuator through the top platen based on a signal from the load cell.