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Variable support footwear using electrorheological or magnetorheological fluids

  • US 20060248750A1
  • Filed: 02/14/2006
  • Published: 11/09/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A variable footwear support system, comprising:

  • at least one rheological body within a sole of an article of footwear, wherein the sole is formed of a resilient material and wherein the rheological body contains a rheological fluid having a viscosity that is variable in the presence of an energy field;

    control electronics adapted to generate at least one control signal; and

    at least one E/M field generator coupled to the control electronics and arranged operably proximate to at least one rheological body, wherein the at least one E/M field generator is adapted to generate an energy field corresponding to a control signal generated by the control electronics upon the rheological body.

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