US Patent Issued to NIKE on March 17 for "Electronically controlled bladder assembly" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,642, issued on March 17, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Electronically controlled bladder assembly" was invented by James Molyneux (Portland, Ore.) and Aaron B. Weast (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronically controlled bladder assembly includes an adjustable pressure bladder and a reservoir connected by an electronically controlled valve. The electronically controlled valve is operated in a manner that inflates the adjustable bladder when the current pressure is below a target pressure and in a manner that deflates the adjustable bladder when the current pressure is above the target pressure. T...