US Patent Issued to NITIWEAR on Oct. 27 for "Footwear assembly including shape memory alloy elements" (California, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,034, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to NITIWEAR INC. (Dover, Del.).

"Footwear assembly including shape memory alloy elements" was invented by Earl Cole (Studio City, Calif.), Brian Yennie (Upland, Calif.) and Charles Weinberg (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article of footwear that includes an upper and at least one of an insole, midsole or outer sole having a shape memory alloy element associated therewith. The shape memory alloy elements may be molded into the midsole, positioned between the midsole and outsole or incorporated into another portion of the article of footwear. The shape memory alloy elements may be tuned, ...