US Patent Issued to NIKE on Nov. 3 for "Direct print extruder with a multi-faceted adjustable output pressure" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,782, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Direct print extruder with a multi-faceted adjustable output pressure" was invented by Jared S. Baggen (Portland, Ore.), Gregory P. Dufour (Beaverton, Ore.), Sami M. Fakhouri (Portland, Ore.), Timothy J. Slama (Beaverton, Ore.) and Marc D. Strauss (Tualatin, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "At a high level, aspects herein are directed to an extruder having an adjustable pressure output. The extruder comprises a frame and a barrel having an internal cylindrical volume that has a first longitudinal axis extending between a first end and a second end. The barrel is c...