Patents Assigned to iMFLUX Inc.
  • Injection molding machines and methods for accounting for changes in material properties during injection molding runs
    Patent number: 9643351
    Abstract: A method and a machine account for changes in material properties of molten plastic material during an injection run. A change in a control signal is calculated by a controller during the injection molding run. If the change in the control signal indicates a change in material flowability, the controller alters a target injection pressure to ensure that molten plastic material completely fills and packs a mold cavity to prevent part flaws such as short shots or flashing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: IMFLUX INC
    Inventors: Gene Michael Altonen, Kimberly Nichole McConnell, Vincent Sean Breidenbach, Milko Georgiev Gergov
  • Reduced size runner for an injection mold system
    Patent number: 9610721
    Abstract: A runner system for a multi-cavity injection molding system, the runner system having runners of reduced size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: IMFLUX INC
    Inventors: Gene Michael Altonen, Vincent Sean Breidenbach, Kimberly Nichole McConnell, Danny David Lumpkin, Chow-Chi Huang, Charles John Berg, Jr.
  • Injection mold with fail safe pressure mechanism
    Patent number: 9604398
    Abstract: A low pressure injection mold includes a failsafe pressure mechanism that prevents the low pressure injection mold from being subjected to excessive injection pressures or excessive clamping tonnage that could damage the low pressure injection mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: IMFLUX INC
    Inventors: Gene Michael Altonen, Ralph Edwin Neufarth, Vincent Sean Breidenbach, Dennis James Pratel, Walter Thomas Davis, III, Danny David Lumpkin
  • INJECTION MOLDING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME
    Publication number: 20170057147
    Abstract: A method of controlling a melt pressure of an injection molding apparatus is provided. The method includes establishing a melt pressure profile having a plurality of setpoints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: IMFLUX INC
    Inventors: Gene Michael Altonen, Brian Matthew Burns
  • Injection molding machines and methods for accounting for changes in material properties during injection molding runs
    Patent number: 9481119
    Abstract: A method and a machine that account for changes in material properties of molten plastic material during an injection run. If viscosity of the molten plastic material changes during an injection run, a controller alters a step time of the injection cycle to ensure that molten plastic material completely fills and packs a mold cavity to prevent part flaws such as short shots or flashing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: IMFLUX INC.
    Inventors: Gene Michael Altonen, Kimberly Nichole McConnell, Vincent Sean Breidenbach, Milko Georgiev Gergov
  • Injection molding machines and methods for accounting for changes in material properties during injection molding runs
    Patent number: 9475226
    Abstract: A method and a machine that account for changes in material properties of molten plastic material during an injection run. If viscosity of the molten plastic material changes during an injection run, a controller alters a step time of the injection cycle to ensure that molten plastic material completely fills and packs a mold cavity to prevent part flaws such as short shots or flashing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: IMFLUX INC
    Inventors: Gene Michael Altonen, Kimberly Nichole McConnell, Vincent Sean Breidenbach, Milko Georgiev Gergov
  • Injection mold having a simplified cooling system
    Patent number: 9475211
    Abstract: An injection mold assembly for a high output consumer product injection molding machine, the injection mold assembly having a simplified cooling system. The simplified cooling system has a cooling complexity factor of less than three, preferably less than two, more preferably less than one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: IMFLUX INC
    Inventors: Gene Michael Altonen, Ralph Edwin Neufarth, John Boyet Stevens, Robert Lawrence Prosise, James Edward Poland, John Moncrief Layman, Danny David Lumpkin
  • Low constant pressure injection molding system with variable-position molding cavities
    Patent number: 9364977
    Abstract: A variable-position mold system with a plurality of injection systems operable to deliver molten material at a substantially constant pressure of between about 6.89 megapascals (1,000 psi) and about 103.42 megapascals (15,000 psi) to a set of mold cavities of at least one multi-cavity injection mold insert when in fluid communication therewith. The multi-cavity injection mold inserts have a thermal conductivity of greater than 30 BTU/HR FT ° F., and have little or no cooling channels therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: iMFLUX, Inc.
    Inventor: Gene Michael Altonen
  • Injection molding machines and methods for accounting for changes in material properties during injection molding runs
    Patent number: 9321206
    Abstract: A method and a machine that account for changes in material properties of molten plastic material during an injection run. If viscosity of the molten plastic material changes during an injection run, a controller alters an injection pressure to ensure that molten plastic material fills a mold cavity within a correct amount of time to prevent part flaws such as short shots or flashing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: iMFLUX, Inc.
    Inventors: Gene Michael Altonen, Kimberly Nichole McConnell, Vincent Sean Breidenbach, Milko Georgiev Gergov
  • Alternative pressure control for an injection molding apparatus
    Patent number: 9289933
    Abstract: A melt pressure regulating mechanism for an injection molding apparatus having a melt holder for pressurizing molten plastic prior to injection into a mold, the molten plastic having a melt pressure, and an injection element for advancing the molten plastic from the melt holder through a nozzle and into the mold, the melt pressure regulating mechanism comprising a pressure regulating device, comprising at least one of a fluid pressure regulating valve and a pressure relief valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: iMFLUX Inc.
    Inventors: Gene Michael Altonen, Ralph Edwin Neufarth, Gary Francis Schiller, Charles John Berg, Jr.
  • Method and apparatus for substantially constant pressure injection molding of thinwall parts
    Patent number: 9272452
    Abstract: A substantially constant pressure injection molding method and machine that forms molded parts by injecting molten thermoplastic material into a mold cavity at a substantially constant pressures. As a result, the mold cavity is filled with molten thermoplastic material by advancing a continuous flow front of thermoplastic material from a gate to an end of the mold cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: iMFLUX, Inc.
    Inventors: Gene Michael Altonen, Michael Thomas Dodd, Natalia Maria Ramon-Martinez, Kimberly Nichole McConnell, Danny David Lumpkin, Vincent Sean Breidenbach, John Russell Lawson
  • Injection mold having a simplified cooling system
    Patent number: 9089998
    Abstract: An injection mold assembly for a high output consumer product injection molding machine, the injection mold assembly having a simplified cooling system. The simplified cooling system has a cooling complexity factor of less than three, preferably less than two, more preferably less than one.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: iMFLUX, Inc.
    Inventors: Gene Michael Altonen, Ralph Edwin Neufarth, John Boyet Stevens, Robert Lawrence Prosise, James Edward Poland, John Moncrief Layman, Danny David Lumpkin
  • Injection molding machines and methods for accounting for changes in material properties during injection molding runs
    Patent number: 8980146
    Abstract: A method and a machine that account for changes in material properties of molten plastic material during an injection run. If viscosity of the molten plastic material changes during an injection run, a controller alters an injection pressure to ensure that molten plastic material fills a mold cavity within a correct amount of time to prevent part flaws such as short shots or flashing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: iMFLUX, Inc.
    Inventors: Gene Michael Altonen, Kimberly Nichole McConnell, Vincent Sean Breidenbach, Milko Georgiev Gergov
  • Non-naturally balanced feed system for an injection molding apparatus
    Patent number: 8911228
    Abstract: A low constant pressure injection molding machine forms molded parts by injecting molten thermoplastic material into a mold cavity at low constant pressures of 6,000 psi and lower. As a result, the low constant pressure injection molding machine includes a mold formed of easily machineable material that is less costly and faster to manufacture than typical injection molds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: iMFLUX, Inc.
    Inventors: Gene Michael Altonen, Ralph Edwin Neufarth, Gary Francis Schiller, Charles John Berg, Jr.
  • Alternative Pressure Control for an Injection Molding Apparatus
    Publication number: 20140255530
    Abstract: A melt pressure regulating mechanism for an injection molding apparatus having a melt holder for pressurizing molten plastic prior to injection into a mold, the molten plastic having a melt pressure, and an injection element for advancing the molten plastic from the melt holder through a nozzle and into the mold, the melt pressure regulating mechanism comprising a pressure regulating device, comprising at least one of a fluid pressure regulating valve and a pressure relief valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: iMFLUX Inc.
    Inventors: Gene Michael Altonen, Ralph Edwin Neufarth, Gary Francis Schiller, Charles John Berg, JR.