ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,956, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to NIKE Inc. (Beaverton, Ore.).
"Footwear having sensor system" was invented by Matthew A. Nurse (Lake Oswego, Ore.), Jeffrey C. Pisciotta (Oregon City, Ore.), Allan M. Schrock (Portland, Ore.), James Meschter (Portland, Ore.), Michael S. Amos (Beaverton, Ore.) and Andrew A. Owings (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor system includes an airbag engaged with the sole structure of an article of footwear, the airbag configured to compress and expand during use of the article of footwear, a force sensor engaged with the airbag and configured to detect force on the airbag based on chang...