Patent ID: 11866566
Assignee: NIKE, INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  C  A  G  Y | IPC A  B  C  G

Claim 0:
1. A mold system for injection molding an article of footwear, the mold system comprising: a universal runner plate comprising a quantity of runner outlets and configured to distribute a single-phase solution comprising a super-critical fluid; a first mold assembly comprising a first mold plate that interfaces with the universal runner plate and that comprises a first quantity of runner inlets and a first quantity of runners, wherein each runner of the first quantity of runners is fluidly connected to a runner inlet included in the first quantity of runner inlets; and wherein each runner inlet of the first quantity of runner inlets aligns with a runner outlet of the quantity of runner outlets; and a second mold assembly comprising at least a second mold plate that interfaces with the universal runner plate and that comprises a second quantity of runner inlets and a second quantity runners, wherein each runner of the second quantity of runners is fluidly connected to a runner inlet included in the second quantity of runner inlets; wherein each runner inlet of the second quantity of runner inlets aligns with a runner outlet of the quantity of runner outlets; wherein the first quantity of runner inlets and the second quantity of runner inlets include a same arrangement; and wherein the runners in the second quantity of runners include a different set of properties than the runners in the first quantity of runners.