Patents by Inventor Olivier BERNHARD
Olivier BERNHARD has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230140074Abstract: Disclosed is a sole for a running shoe having a midsole (1), the midsole (1) having a soft-elastic top layer (2) and a soft-elastic bottom layer (3), a flexurally elastic incompressible plate (4) being arranged in the vertical direction (V) between the top layer (2) and the bottom layer (3), and the bottom layer (3) having a plurality of channels (31a, 31a, 31b, 31c) extending in the transverse direction (Q), the channels (31a, 31b, 31c) of the bottom layer (3) being deformable vertically (V) and/or horizontally in the longitudinal direction (L) under the action of forces acting vertically (V) and/or in the longitudinal direction (L) and occurring during running.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2021Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicant: ON CLOUDS GMBHInventors: Olivier BERNHARD, Ilmarin HEITZ, Kevin DELLION, Nils ALTROGGE, Oliver HIRVONEN
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Publication number: 20230041399Abstract: A shoe sole (1) comprising a stability support plate (3) and a soft elastic midsole (2) having a forefoot area (VFB), a midfoot area (MFB) and a heel area (FB) is disclosed. The stability support plate is peripherally surrounded by the midsole and the midsole (2) has a clear space (21) open to the bottom side (U) of the midsole (2), which is peripherally surrounded substantially completely by the midsole (2) and is delimited by the stability support plate (3). The clear space (21) extends from the heel area (FB) over the midfoot area (MFB) into the forefoot area (VFB) of the midsole (2).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2021Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicant: ON CLOUDS GMBHInventors: Olivier BERNHARD, Ilmarin HEITZ, Thilo Alex BRUNNER
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Publication number: 20220240626Abstract: Disclosed is a running shoe (1) having a lateral side and a medial side. The running shoe (1) has a heel area (FB), a forefoot area (VB), a midfoot area (MB). The front end of the forefoot area (VB) forms a shoe tip (4) and the rear end of the heel area forms a heel edge (5). The running shoe (1) comprises a shoe sole (3) and an upper (2), the upper (2) having a textile base material. In addition, the running shoe (1) has a group of tension straps with at least one compressing tension strap (11, 12, 13, 14) and a group of pulling straps with at least one compressing pulling strap (15, 16). The group of tension straps is arranged in the heel area (FB) and in the midfoot area (MB) of the running shoe (1), and the group of pulling straps is arranged in the forefoot area (VB). In this case, the at least one tension strap (11, 12, 13, 14) is configured in such a way that it exerts an inwardly directed compression force in the worn state.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2020Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: ON CLOUDS GMBHInventors: Olivier BERNHARD, IImarin HEITZ, Dina WEISHEIT
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Publication number: 20220203611Abstract: A method for additively manufacturing a textile sheet product and a three-dimensionally printed textile sheet product (1) are disclosed. The method includes the steps of creating a three-dimensional model of the pre-product and additively manufacturing the pre-product according to the three-dimensional model of the pre-product. In additive manufacturing, a production material is applied layer by layer in this case. At at least one predetermined crossover position of at least two fibrous structures (2a, 2b) and a separation layer material is applied which can be removed from the pre-product and/or inactivated.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2020Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: ON CLOUDS GMBHInventors: Olivier Bernhard, Ilmarin HEITZ, Nils ALTROGGE, Kristina SHEA, Tim CHEN, Jonas SCHWARZ
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Publication number: 20220031018Abstract: A sole for a running shoe having a soft-elastic midsole includes an underside coming at least partially into contact with the ground during running. The midsole includes a plurality of channels extending in the transverse direction (Q) arranged in a lateral area (LB) of the midsole in a horizontal plane. At least a portion of the channels is arranged in the forefoot area (VFB) and/or at least a portion of the channels is arranged in the midfoot area (MFB) and/or at least a portion of the channels is arranged in the heel area (FB) of the midsole. The channels are each delimited in the longitudinal direction (L) by a front wall and a rear wall and have an elongated shape in cross-section along the running direction. The channels are deformable vertically and/or horizontally in the longitudinal direction (L) until their closure under the action of forces occurring during running acting vertically and/or in the longitudinal direction (L).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2019Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: ON CLOUDS GMBHInventors: Olivier BERNHARD, lImarin HEITZ
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Publication number: 20220031017Abstract: A sole for a running shoe with a soft-elastic midsole (1) includes an underside (2) at least partially contacting the ground (B) during running and comprises a plurality of channels (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e, 4a, 4b, 4c) extending in the transverse direction (Q). The channels (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e, 4a, 4b, 4c) are arranged in a lateral area of the midsole (1) in at least a first and a second in horizontal plane, wherein the first and second horizontal plane are vertically offset from each other, and wherein the channels (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e, 4a, 4b, 4c) are each delimited in longitudinal direction (L) by a front wall and a rear wall. The channels (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e, 4a, 4b, 4c) are vertically and/or horizontally in the longitudinal direction (L) deformable until their closure under the action of forces occurring during running acting vertically (V) and/or longitudinally.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2019Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: ON CLOUDS GMBHInventors: Ilmarin HEITZ, Olivier BERNHARD
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Patent number: 11147344Abstract: A running shoe includes medial and lateral eyelets arranged on the medial and lateral side in the longitudinal direction from the front foot area of the running shoe to the heel section, wherein in each case a medial eyelet and a lateral eyelet located at the same height in the longitudinal direction form an eyelet pair; reinforcing ribs are arranged on the medial and lateral side in the front foot area, wherein the reinforcing ribs are arranged at an acute rib angle to the longitudinal direction of the running shoe, and a lace having lace sections for lacing, wherein the lace is led through the eyelets in such a way that the lace sections extending from the eyelets of the first lace pair in relation to the front foot area, each run at an acute lacing angle to the longitudinal direction to at least one further eyelet closer to the heel section.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2016Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: ON CLOUDS GMBHInventors: Olivier Bernhard, Ilmarin Heitz
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Patent number: 10721992Abstract: In a sole structure for a flexible shoe with a flexibly elastic mid-sole which comes at least partially into contact with the ground during walking and has laterally open, channel-containing elements which are oriented transversely with respect to its longitudinal direction and extend down towards the ground, wherein the mid-sole has a border strip bridging each of the channel-containing elements, wherein the outwardly directed end faces of the channel-containing elements are provided with horizontal predetermined fold notches, and wherein the channel-containing elements are deformable vertically and/or in the longitudinal direction in the area of the border strip under the effect of forces that act vertically and/or in the longitudinal direction during walking, until their lateral openings become worn, wherein the predetermined fold notches have a vertical width corresponding to the height of the lateral openings of the channel-containing elements and are flush with the lateral openings of the channel-contaiType: GrantFiled: May 18, 2016Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: ON CLOUDS GMBHInventors: Olivier Bernhard, Ilmarin Heitz
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Publication number: 20180295934Abstract: In a sole structure for a flexible shoe with a flexibly elastic mid-sole which comes at least partially into contact with the ground during walking and which has laterally open, channel-shaped elements which are oriented transversely with respect to its longitudinal direction and extend down towards the ground, wherein the mid-sole has a border strip bridging each of the channel-shaped elements, wherein the outwardly directed end faces of the channel-shaped elements are provided with horizontal predetermined fold notches, and wherein the channel-shaped elements are deformable vertically and/or in the longitudinal direction in the area of the border strip under the effect of forces that act vertically and/or in the longitudinal direction during walking, until their lateral openings become worn, wherein the predetermined fold notches have a vertical width corresponding to the height of the lateral openings of the channel-shaped elements and are each flush with the lateral openings of the channel-shaped elementsType: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2016Publication date: October 18, 2018Applicant: ON CLOUDS GMBHInventors: Olivier BERNHARD, Ilmarin HEITZ
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Publication number: 20180295941Abstract: A running shoe includes medial and lateral eyelets arranged on the medial and lateral side in the longitudinal direction from the front foot area of the running shoe to the heel section, wherein in each case a medial eyelet and a lateral eyelet located at the same height in the longitudinal direction form an eyelet pair; reinforcing ribs are arranged on the medial and lateral side in the front foot area, wherein the reinforcing ribs are arranged at an acute rib angle to the longitudinal direction of the running shoe, and a lace having lace sections for lacing, wherein the lace is led through the eyelets in such a way that the lace sections extending from the eyelets of the first lace pair in relation to the front foot area, each run at an acute lacing angle to the longitudinal direction to at least one further eyelet closer to the heel section.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2016Publication date: October 18, 2018Applicant: ON CLOUDS GMBHInventors: Olivier BERNHARD, Ilmarin HEITZ
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Patent number: 9775403Abstract: A sole structure for a running shoe is presented having an outsole and a midsole. The sole structure includes a plurality of hollow elements, which are closed off in each case by front flanks and rear flanks, and have spaced-apart upper inner surfaces and lower inner surfaces, that forces to which the hollow elements are subjected when the runner is running are absorbed by these hollow elements in each case with deformation, with the spacing between their inner surfaces decreasing in the process. The upper inner surfaces of the hollow elements are formed on the underside of the midsole, that the lower inner surfaces of the hollow elements are formed on the upper side of the outsole, which is fastened on the underside of the midsole in each case in front of, and behind, the hollow elements, the front flanks and the rear flanks likewise forming part of the outsole.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: ON CLOUDS GMBHInventors: Olivier Bernhard, Ilmarin Heitz
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Patent number: 9717304Abstract: In a sole for a flexible shoe having a soft-elastic midsole which comes in contact with the ground at least partially during running, which has laterally open, trough-shaped elements which project downwards towards the ground and which are aligned transversely to the longitudinal direction thereof, a midsole is divided into a medial and a lateral part by a longitudinal slot extending from the heel into the ball region. The midsole can have an edge strip which bridges the trough-shaped elements in each case. The midsole is covered by an incompressible but elastically resilient plate framed by the edge strip and that the trough-shaped elements are deformable as far as closure of the lateral openings thereof in the region of the edge strip under the action of forces acting vertically and/or in the longitudinal direction which occur during running.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: ON CLOUDS GMBHInventors: Olivier Bernhard, Ilmarin Heitz
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Patent number: 9320317Abstract: In a sole construction for a running shoe having an outer sole and an intermediate sole, the sole construction including a plurality of hollow elements which are in each case closed off by front and rear flanks in the longitudinal direction of the sole construction but are open at the sides and have upper and lower inner faces at a mutual spacing. The hollow elements are configured to absorb forces which act on them during running in each case by elastic deformation with a reduction in the spacing between their inner faces and optionally by horizontal displacement of their inner faces with respect to one another. The hollow elements are configured to deform to such an extent that their upper and lower inner faces come into contact with one another, and that this contact prevents a horizontal displacement of their inner faces with respect to one another.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: ON CLOUDS GMBHInventors: Olivier Bernhard, Ilmarin Heitz
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Publication number: 20150230549Abstract: In a sole for a flexible shoe having a soft-elastic midsole which comes in contact with the ground at least partially during running, which has laterally open, trough-shaped elements which project downwards towards the ground and which are aligned transversely to the longitudinal direction thereof, a midsole is divided into a medial and a lateral part by a longitudinal slot extending from the heel into the ball region. The midsole can have an edge strip which bridges the trough-shaped elements in each case. The midsole is covered by an incompressible but elastically resilient plate framed by the edge strip and that the trough-shaped elements are deformable as far as closure of the lateral openings thereof in the region of the edge strip under the action of forces acting vertically and/or in the longitudinal direction which occur during running.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2015Publication date: August 20, 2015Applicant: ON CLOUDS GMBHInventors: Olivier BERNHARD, Ilmarin HEITZ
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Publication number: 20140259743Abstract: In a sole construction for a running shoe having an outer sole and an intermediate sole, the sole construction including a plurality of hollow elements which are in each case closed off by front and rear flanks in the longitudinal direction of the sole construction but are open at the sides and have upper and lower inner faces at a mutual spacing. The hollow elements are configured to absorb forces which act on them during running in each case by elastic deformation with a reduction in the spacing between their inner faces and optionally by horizontal displacement of their inner faces with respect to one another. The hollow elements are configured to deform to such an extent that their upper and lower inner faces come into contact with one another, and that this contact prevents a horizontal displacement of their inner faces with respect to one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventors: Olivier BERNHARD, Ilmarin HEITZ
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Patent number: D804159Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2015Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: On Clouds GmbHInventors: David Allemann, Olivier Bernhard