Patent ID: 11925239
Assignee: NIKE, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  G  Y | IPC A  G

Claim 14:
15. An article of footwear comprising:
a motorized tensioning device for controlling a position of a tensioning member;
a first sensor configured to sense a foot position inside a body-receiving cavity of the footwear, wherein the first sensor includes an insulating substrate having a substrate surface and at least two spaced apart electrodes on the substrate surface, wherein the electrodes are immobilized relative to each other and the substrate surface;
a gap filling member disposed between the first sensor and the body-receiving cavity of the footwear, wherein the gap filling member is configured to influence a responsiveness of the first sensor to a change in the foot position relative to an electric field provided by the electrodes and the electric field extends away from the first sensor and inside the body-receiving cavity; and
a processor circuit configured to conditionally actuate the motorized tensioning device based on information from the first sensor about the foot position.