Patents by Inventor Adam Christopher ULEMEK
Adam Christopher ULEMEK 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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Patent number: 11964415Abstract: An injection molding apparatus comprises a support base and a mold carrier removably mounted to the support base. The mold carrier includes a mounting plate with attachment features for engaging the support base. A mold with two mold plates is slidably mounted to the mounting 5 plate. A clamp is operable to move the plates between open and closed positions. In the closed position, the plates abut one another. In the open position, the plates are spaced apart for removing molded articles.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2019Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: HUSKY INJECTION MOLDING SYSTEMS LTDInventors: Joaquim Martins Nogueira, Adam Christopher Ulemek, Ralf Walter Fisch, Sven Kmoch, Alex Teng
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Publication number: 20230219276Abstract: A plastic molding method comprises moving each part of a plurality of parts along a selected one of a plurality of possible paths through dispensing and molding stations of a molding system. A controller tracks an operating state of each station, selects process stations capable of receiving a part for processing; identifies parts capable of processing at the selected process stations, and assigns individual parts to individual process stations.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2021Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventors: Joachim Johannes NIEWELS, Peter YANKOV, Adam Christopher ULEMEK, Sven KIMOCH, Menny DEUTSH, Zhiming WANG, Richard john KARNER, Michael David KERSHAW, Lixin SHEN
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Patent number: 11518077Abstract: A plastic molding system comprises: dispensing, pre-shaping and shaping cells and a transport subsystem. The dispensing cell has a station for dispensing a dose of plastic feedstock. The pre-shaping and shaping cells each comprise a plurality of stations for shaping the workpiece into a preform shape and into a final shape, respectively. The transport subsystem advances a workpiece along a selected one of a plurality of process paths to form a molded article. Each of the plurality of process paths is defined by a combination of stations of the dispensing cell, the pre-shaping cell and the shaping cell.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: HUSKY INJECTION MOLDING SYSTEMS LTD.Inventors: Joachim Johannes Niewels, Adam Christopher Ulemek, Peter Yankov, Sven Kmoch, Ralf Walter Fisch, Christophe Halter, Darrin Albert Macleod, Teng Guo, Joaquim Martins Nogueira
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Publication number: 20220332028Abstract: A plastic molding system comprises: dispensing, pre-shaping and shaping cells and a transport subsystem. The dispensing cell has a station for dispensing a dose of plastic feedstock. The pre-shaping and shaping cells each comprise a plurality of stations for shaping the workpiece into a preform shape and into a final shape, respectively. The transport subsystem advances a workpiece along a selected one of a plurality of process paths to form a molded article. Each of the plurality of process paths is defined by a combination of stations of the dispensing cell, the pre-shaping cell and the shaping cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2022Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Joachim Johannes NIEWELS, Adam Christopher ULEMEK, Peter YANKOV, Sven KMOCH, Ralf Walter FISCH, Christophe HALTER, Darrin Albert MACLEOD, Teng GUO, Joaquim Martins NOGUEIRA
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Publication number: 20220305710Abstract: A co-injection hot runner nozzle comprises an inner melt flow channel and an annular outer melt flow channel that surrounds the inner melt flow channel. The inner and outer melt flow channels have a first common source. The nozzle further comprises an annular intermediate melt flow channel disposed between the inner and outer melt flow channels. The annular intermediate melt flow channel is at least partly defined by a plurality of spiral grooves, each spiral groove having a respective inlet and defining a helical flow path. Lands between adjacent spiral grooves increase in clearance in a downstream direction. An annular axial flow path is defined over the lands. A plurality of feeder channels having a second common source is configured to supply melt to the plurality of inlets of the spiral grooves. The relationship of feeder channels to spiral grooves may be one-to-one. The inlets may be longitudinal channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: ABDESLAM BOUTI, Hakimuddin Boxwala, Nathan Gabriel Southwick, Maciej Brelski, Dietmar Tiemo Brand, Adam Christopher Ulemek, Dirk Holger Schlums
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Patent number: 11358313Abstract: A co-injection hot runner nozzle comprises an inner melt flow channel and an annular outer melt flow channel that surrounds the inner melt flow channel. The inner and outer melt flow channels have a first common source. The nozzle further comprises an annular intermediate melt flow channel disposed between the inner and outer melt flow channels. The annular intermediate melt flow channel is at least partly defined by a plurality of spiral grooves, each spiral groove having a respective inlet and defining a helical flow path. Lands between adjacent spiral grooves increase in clearance in a downstream direction. An annular axial flow path is defined over the lands. A plurality of feeder channels having a second common source is configured to supply melt to the plurality of inlets of the spiral grooves. The relationship of feeder channels to spiral grooves may be one-to-one. The inlets may be longitudinal channels.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2018Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: HUSKY INJECTION MOLDING SYSTEMS LTD.Inventors: Abdeslam Bouti, Hakimuddin Boxwala, Nathan Gabriel Southwick, Maciej Brelski, Dietmar Tierno Brand, Adam Christopher Ulemek, Dirk Holger Schlums
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Publication number: 20210394415Abstract: An injection molding apparatus comprises a support base and a mold carrier removably mounted to the support base. The mold carrier includes a mounting plate with attachment features for engaging the support base. A mold with two mold plates is slidably mounted to the mounting 5 plate. A clamp is operable to move the plates between open and closed positions. In the closed position, the plates abut one another. In the open position, the plates are spaced apart for removing molded articles.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2019Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventors: Joaquim Martins NOGUEIRA, Adam Christopher ULEMEK, Ralf Walter FISCH, Sven KMOCH, Alex TENG
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Publication number: 20210308918Abstract: A plastic molding system comprises: dispensing, pre-shaping and shaping cells and a transport subsystem. The dispensing cell has a station for dispensing a dose of plastic feedstock. The pre-shaping and shaping cells each comprise a plurality of stations for shaping the workpiece into a preform shape and into a final shape, respectively. The transport subsystem advances a workpiece along a selected one of a plurality of process paths to form a molded article. Each of the plurality of process paths is defined by a combination of stations of the dispensing cell, the pre-shaping cell and the shaping cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2019Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: Joachim Johannes NIEWELS, Adam Christopher ULEMEK, Peter YANKOV, Sven KMOCH, Ralf Walter FISCH, Christophe HALTER, Darrin Albert MACLEOD, Teng GUO, Joaquim Martins NOGUEIRA
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Patent number: 11104049Abstract: A hot runner nozzle includes a nozzle body, an annular outlet channel in the nozzle body, a source channel upstream of the annular outlet channel in the nozzle body, and a flow transition channel in the nozzle body. The flow transition channel interconnects the source channel with a part-annular segment of the annular outlet channel. The flow transition channel widens in a downstream direction and has a non-uniform cross-sectional channel thickness in either or both of the longitudinal (downstream) and transverse directions. The geometry of the flow transition channel may promote at least one of a uniform velocity profile and a uniform temperature profile in a generated annular or part-annular melt flow.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2017Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.Inventors: Adam Christopher Ulemek, Stephen Daniel Ferenc, Maciej Brelski, Wesley Grove
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Publication number: 20200262121Abstract: A hot runner nozzle includes a nozzle body, an annular outlet channel in the nozzle body, a source channel upstream of the annular outlet channel in the nozzle body, and a flow transition channel in the nozzle body. The flow transition channel interconnects the source channel with a part-annular segment of the annular outlet channel. The flow transition channel widens in a downstream direction and has a non-uniform cross-sectional channel thickness in either or both of the longitudinal (downstream) and transverse directions. The geometry of the flow transition channel may promote at least one of a uniform velocity profile and a uniform temperature profile in a generated annular or part-annular melt flow.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2017Publication date: August 20, 2020Inventors: Adam Christopher ULEMEK, Stephen Daniel FERENC, Maciej BRELSKI, Wesley GROVE
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Publication number: 20190389109Abstract: A co-injection hot runner nozzle comprises an inner melt flow channel and an annular outer melt flow channel that surrounds the inner melt flow channel. The inner and outer melt flow channels have a first common source. The nozzle further comprises an annular intermediate melt flow channel disposed between the inner and outer melt flow channels. The annular intermediate melt flow channel is at least partly defined by a plurality of spiral grooves, each spiral groove having a respective inlet and defining a helical flow path. Lands between adjacent spiral grooves increase in clearance in a downstream direction. An annular axial flow path is defined over the lands. A plurality of feeder channels having a second common source is configured to supply melt to the plurality of inlets of the spiral grooves. The relationship of feeder channels to spiral grooves may be one-to-one. The inlets may be longitudinal channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2018Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventors: Abdeslam BOUTI, Hakimuddin BOXWALA, Nathan Gabriel SOUTHWICK, Maciej BRELSKI, Dietmar Tiemo BRAND, Adam Christopher ULEMEK, Dirk Holger SCHLUMS
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Patent number: 9738012Abstract: There is provided a member of a mold stack (100, 800), the member comprising: a member body (102, 802) defining a member molding surface for defining, in use, a portion of a molding cavity for molding a molded article, a member cooling circuit (120, 820) having a plurality of member cooling channels (128, 829), the plurality of member cooling channels (128, 829) being coupled in parallel to a source of cooling fluid, the member cooling circuit (120, 820) being fully encapsulated within the member body (102, 802).Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2014Date of Patent: August 22, 2017Assignee: HUSKY INJECTION MOLDING SYSTEMS LTD.Inventors: Adam Christopher Ulemek, Maxfield Paul Bradshaw, Sami Samuel Arsan, Renato Papa, Daniel Joseph Osmokrovic
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Publication number: 20160214280Abstract: There is provided a member of a mold stack (100, 800), the member comprising: a member body (102, 802) defining a member molding surface for defining, in use, a portion of a molding cavity for molding a molded article, a member cooling circuit (120, 820) having a plurality of member cooling channels (128, 829), the plurality of member cooling channels (128, 829) being coupled in parallel to a source of cooling fluid, the member cooling circuit (120, 820) being fully encapsulated within the member body (102, 802).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2014Publication date: July 28, 2016Inventors: Adam Christopher ULEMEK, Maxfield Paul BRADSHAW, Sami Samuel ARSAN, Renato PAPA, Daniel Joseph OSMOKROVIC