ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,000, issued on June 30, was assigned to adidas AG (Herzogenaurach, Germany).
"Tool, tool system and method for the production of particle foam parts" was invented by Victor Romanov (Kreuzwertheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a tool, a tool system and a method for the production of particle foam parts, in particular for the manufacture of shoe soles. The shoe sole may be manufactured by welding foam particles using electromagnetic waves. The tool may comprise two mold halves forming a mold cavity corresponding to the shape of the shoe sole. The tool may be arranged between two capacitor plat...