Abstract: A mold apparatus and method for forming a shaped laminate in one step are provided where the laminate includes a cladding layer and a foam backing layer. The apparatus includes a male mold half matable to a female mold half that define a mold cavity. An inlet is mounted on the mold apparatus for introducing foamable materials into the mold cavity. Edge folding members, carried by one of the mold halves, movable from a retracted position to an extended position, fold the cladding layer over at least part of the edge of the foam backing layer. Trim blades are located adjacent to the edge folding members movable from a retracted position adjacent the cavity to an extended position engaging the other mold half to sever the cladding layer to define the finished shape of the laminate.

Abstract: A vehicle interior member with an air bag includes an air bag door portion that can be made to be invisible and of improved construction. The vehicle member includes a skin molded to a substrate. The skin includes a tear line formed by a diagonal cut portion. In the vicinity of a lateral tear line of the skin side tear line, a projecting portion is provided on a lower mold to form a groove portion of the substrate along the diagonal cut portion so as to intercept a flow of a resin from the cutting direction of the diagonal cut portion. Therefore, as the resin flows in a reverse direction to the cutting direction of the diagonal cut portion at an opening portion thereof, a flow of the resin into a PP foam layer of a three-layer skin through the opening portion of the diagonal cut portion can be suppressed. This prevents the PP foam layer from being melted and damaged.

Abstract: A device for foaming around a transparent pane for a motor vehicle roof, including a top tool having a top shaping structure mounted on a top carrier, and a bottom tool having a bottom shaping structure mounted on a bottom carrier. The shaping structures act as a boundary for the area to be peripherally foamed, and the top tool and the bottom tool are made adjustable relative to one another for inserting or removing the pane and the interchangeable bottom shaping structure. The top shaping structure is also interchangeable to enable matching of the peripheral foaming device to different size and shape panes to be peripherally foamed.

Abstract: The terminal connecting portion is covered at a rear portion with the molding resin 30 such that the covered rear portion is shaped in fusiform, and when the sheathed wire 10 is bent at this portion, the resin thereon is less peeled off. The molding part 43 of the die 40 is closed at one side with the elastic lid plates 9a, 9b opposing at an upper part and a lower part each other, and the terminal connecting portion is set to the molding part 43, and a part of the sheathed wire 10 extending rearwards from one side of the molding part 43 is elastically held by the elastic lid plates 9a, 9b upwards and downwards. The molten molding resin 30 is injected into the molding part 43 to cover almost the whole of the terminal connecting portion. Radiating fins are formed in a slope of the tapered hole in one side of the mold, said radiating fins having a plurality of parallel alternate concave grooves and convex ribs so as to improve the radiating effect of the molding resin 30 and shorten a cooling time.

Abstract: A dual component molding assembly for packaging hot melt adhesives wherein a mold, preferably in the form of an open top pan, includes a cavity which is lined with a thin film of plastic material. The mold has openings formed therein which communicate with the cavity to facilitate vacuum forming of the film to the cavity's interior surface. The second component is a carrier for the mold and is also preferably in the form of an open top pan. The carrier also includes a cavity for receiving the mold, and functions not only to support the mold when nested therein, but also to act as a heat sink to effectively and rapidly remove, dissipate or absorb the heat from molten adhesive dispensed into the mold. After filling the mold with a mass of adhesive, the exposed open top surface of the adhesive is covered with a second layer of thin film of plastic material which is then sealed to the first film lining the interior of the mold.

Abstract: An integral injection molding and in-mold coating arrangement apparatus including a frame, a first mold member fixedly secured to the frame and a second mold member movably secured to the frame for selective movement relative to the first mold member. The second mold member is movable to a closed position adjacent the first mold member for forming a mold cavity. A first composition injector is secured to the frame for selectively injecting a first substrate composition into the mold cavity to form a molded article therein. A second composition injector is secured to one of the first mold member and the second mold member for selectively injecting a second coating composition into the mold cavity and onto the molded article to in-mold coat the molded article. Controls are disposed on the frame for adjustably controlling injection parameters for injecting said first composition and injection parameters for injecting said second composition.

Abstract: A forming mold for a lens sheet is to be used for molding ionizing radiation curing type resin into the lens sheet by applying the resin in the form of liquid on the upper surface of the forming mold, placing a substrate on the resin and pressing the substrate and the resin against the forming mold from a pressing-starting side of the forming mold to a pressing-finishing side thereof by means of a pressing roller. The forming mold comprises a mold body and a receiving member. The receiving member receives a superfluous amount of the ionizing radiation curing type resin. The receiving member is provided on at least pressing-finishing side of a periphery of the mold body.

Abstract: The resin molding machine and a method of resin molding of the present invention are capable of securely and efficiently mold a work piece, on which a plurality of elements are arranged. The resin molding machine comprises: a lower die on which a work piece to be molded is set; an upper die clamping the work piece with the lower die; a clamper being provided to the upper die, the clamper enclosing a resin molding space of the upper die, the clamper being capable of vertically moving in the upper die and always biased downward, wherein a lower end of the clamper is downwardly projected from a resin molding face of the upper die when the lower die and upper die are opened; and a release film feeding mechanism feeding release film, which is easily peelable from the upper die and resin for molding, so as to cover the rein molding space.

Abstract: An injection molding apparatus used comprises a molten resin injector 15 for injecting a molten resin, and a die 12 connected to the molten resin injector and communicating with the molten resin injector so that the molten resin is injected into the die. A cavity having a prescribed shape is formed within the die in order to mold the injected molten resin into the prescribed shape. An opening of the die for guiding the molten resin to the outside is blocked so as to confine a molding object as an object for molding the resin member. A plate member 10 as a molding object is compressed onto the die 12, and the molten resin is injected into the die while compressing the molding object. The molten resin is adhered on the molding object by being guided from the opening, and a solidified resin member comprising the solidified molten resin is bonded on the surface of the molding object. Consequently, the resin member having a prescribed shape is readily and promptly formed on the surface of the molding object.

Abstract: A process for the hot moulding of articles (L) made of thermoplastic material includes the steps of: heating at least one plate of thermoplastic material (L) to a plasticizing temperature; compressing the heated plate (L) between two moulding surfaces (14, 16), set opposite one another, of a pair of half-moulds (10, 12); and forming, by injection moulding, at least one component (22) anchored to a surface of the plate (L), while the plate is being compressed between the moulding surfaces (14, 16).

Abstract: A rotary device for a horizontal injection molding machine is disposed between a movable mold mounting plate and a fixed mold mounting plate of the injection molding machine and includes a base plate and a turntable, which is supported on the base plate for rotation about a vertical rotation axis and supports a swivel plate for interaction with the moveable and fixed mold mounting plates. The rotary device further includes an eccentric structure for displacement of the turnable in horizontal direction to thereby enable a precise position of the swivel plate between the moveable and fixed mold mounting plates.

Abstract: An equipment and method of manufacturing an amplifier utilizes different injection molding machines to respectively manufacture an external case of an amplifier by using unlimited kinds of material to increase the connection between a diaphragm and a suspension, reduce the cost and enhance the speed of manufacture and the utilization rate of producibility tremendously.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a mould (11) having a first mould part (20) and a second mould part (21), the second mould part (21) being movable relative to the first mould part (20), foam supply means to supply foam to said mould, and a positioning tool (10) for positioning a covering (14) in at least one of the first mould part (20) and the second mould part (21) wherein the positioning tool (0) is shaped to co-operate with aid at least one mould part, characterised in that the positioning tool (10) is provided with a groove (13) whereby a projecting part (18) of the covering (14) may be received in the groove (13).

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a foamed plastic article includes disposing a release film on a mold surface of a mold cavity. At least a portion of a bushing is inserted through the release film to form an aperture in the release film. The bushing defines an inlet for foamable material. The mold cavity is then sealed. The foamable material is then injected into the mold cavity through the inlet, wherein the foamable material is conformed to the shape of the mold cavity.

Abstract: A method for injection molding of resin or rubber at an insert positioned in a lower mold injects and fills melted resin or rubber into a cavity of an upper mold through a gate. The lower metal mold has a flexible supporting member supporting the mold insert. The supporting member is vertically movable in a recess formed on the upper surface of the lower mold. The underside thereof is supported by the tip ends of shafts of pressing members that operate independently. The movable supporting member is moved while being pressed by the respective shafts of the pressing members to the upper mold at a plurality of positions. The resin or rubber is molded when the upper surface of the insert uniformly contacts the underside of the upper mold by bending of the movable supporting member.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to split bodies for assembling a synthetic resin blower fan by a hollow article molding process. The split bodies have a first split body which includes a circular base portion and vanes extending radially and a second split body assembled on top of said first split body and is in a doughnut-shaped cap with an air inlet at the center thereof. Air channels are formed between adjacent pair of the vanes. The second split body includes a plurality of grooves which are formed on an inner surface opposite from the first split body in an assembled state. Each of the grooves extends radially along an edge of a corresponding vane and is adapted to be closed by the edge so as to define a flow path for allowing a molten synthetic resin to pass therethrough.

Abstract: Molding apparatus (200) is provided for simultaneously molding a molding material around a number of separate substrates, each substrate having a semiconductor chip mounted thereon. The apparatus includes a mold holder (113a, 113b, 114, 103) having a first holding section for holding a first mold half (119) and a second holding section for holding a second mold half (120). The first and second holding sections have a common support surface (135), the support surface (135) including a first movable member (104a) in the first holding section and a second movable member (104b) in the second holding section. The first and second movable members (104a, 104b) are movable between a first position in which they protrude out of the support surface (135) and a second position in which the protrusion from the support surface (135) is less than in the first position.

Abstract: A device for potting a filter is described. The device comprises a housing having a first hole in the first region communicating between the surface and the lumen, and a second hole in the second region communicating between the surface and the lumen. A ridge extends around the first hole and the second hole to define a trough for receipt of a flowable potting material. During the manufacture of the filter assembly, the housing is rotated about an axis that bisects the housing and is perpendicular to an axis of the lumen, a flowable material is placed on the surface of the housing, a portion of the flowable material flows toward the first hole, is retained by the ridge, and passes through the first hole, and a portion of the flowable material flows toward the second hole, is retained by the ridge, and passes through the second hole.

Abstract: An apparatus for making a molded article containing an insert includes an upper mold half and a lower mold half for mating with the upper mold half to provide a mold cavity therein. Either mold half can include a recess, an elevator opening in a lower portion of the recess, and an inwardly directed lip at an upper portion of the elevator opening. An elevator mechanism is provided which includes a lifter for supporting an insert to be secured to the article during a molding operation, and a lifting arrangement for raising and lowering the lifter through the elevator opening such that a peripheral edge of the insert supported on the lifter is clamped between the lifter and the lip when the lifting arrangement raises the lifter.

Abstract: A mold apparatus and method for forming a shaped laminate in one step are provided where the laminate includes a cladding layer and a foam backing layer. The apparatus includes a male mold half matable to a female mold half that define a mold cavity. An inlet is mounted on the mold apparatus for introducing foamable materials into the mold cavity. Edge folding members, carried by one of the mold halves, movable from a retracted position to an extended position, fold the cladding layer over at least part of the edge of the foam backing layer. Trim blades are located adjacent to the edge folding members movable from a retracted position adjacent the cavity to an extended position engaging the other mold half to sever the cladding layer to define the finished shape of the laminate.

Abstract: The upper and lower mold plates of a transfer molding machine are configured for one-side encapsulation of a pair of substrate mounted electronic devices having an opposite conductor-grid-array and/or bare heat sink/dissipator. The pair of devices is positioned back-to-back within a single mold cavity for simultaneous encapsulation. A buffer member, optionally with cut-outs or apertures, may be placed between the two back-to-back substrates for protecting the grid-arrays and enabling encapsulation of devices with varying thicknesses without adjustment of the molding machine. Alternately, the upper and lower plates are configured for one-side encasement using covers of a pair of substrate mounted electronic devices having an opposite conductor-grid-array and/or bare heat sink/dissipator.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for molding and curing silicone includes a press, one nozzles operatively engaged to the press, a liquid cooled manifold plate disposed to cool the nozzles, a heatable top platen having nozzle receptacles therein to receive the nozzles therein and a mold plate having a mold cavity therein. The mold plate and top platen are oriented for placement in the injecting position to allow the top platen to contact the mold plate while the nozzles are inserted into the nozzle receptacles of the top platen so that silicone is injected into the mold plate and into the mold cavity. The apparatus may be placed in the curing position when the top platen is heated and contacts the mold plate to allow silicone injected in mold plate to cure. The apparatus may be placed in a home position where the mold plate is uncontacted by the heated top platen which is uncooled by the manifold plate in the home position.

Abstract: The present invention is an improved method and apparatus for replicating various types of optical discs such as CDs and DVDs. The apparatus includes a support plate attached to a rotatable shaft. The support plate has a top surface for supporting a stamper, ultraviolet (“UV”) curable resin, and a support substrate. The UV curable resin forming the information layer on the support substrate of the optical disc. In the method, the stamper is placed on top of the support plate, and UV curable resin is applied to the top of the stamper having information containing data pits formed therein. The support substrate is placed on top of the stamper with the UV curable resin sandwiched in-between. The apparatus is rotated to spread the resin onto both surfaces of the support substrate and stamper. The joined surfaces of the support substrate and stamper are exposed to UV radiation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process and a production installation for producing shell-shaped, fibre-reinforced plastic parts. According to the invention, it is intended that the plastic parts can be produced efficiently, in an automated manner which is flexible with respect to the process and workpiece and is operationally reliable. For this purpose, the following process steps are provided: a blank of the endless fibre mat corresponding to a workpiece is placed in an automated manner by industrial robots onto a clamping frame surrounding the female mould and is taken over by the clamping frame in a clamping manner and in such a way that it can slide after itself against a defined resistance. Wide-ranging accessibility required for this is created by a horizontally movable unit, comprising a female mould and a clamping frame, being temporarily moved completely out from the forming press and moved back again into the forming press after completion of loading.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for molding light emitting diode (LED) lamps. A mold frame is provided around each LED chip in an array. A first mold insert is placed in the mold frame and light converting material comprising a carrier and light converting particles is injected into the first mold insert to form a light converting molding around each LED chip. The first mold insert is removed. A second mold insert is placed in the mold frame and lens material is injected into the first mold insert to form a lens molding around the light converting molding for each LED chip.

Abstract: Device to produce polyurethane articles (37) covered by a film (19), including a mold (30) comprising a female part (13) and a male part (12) defining a molding cavity (18) inside which polyurethane material (24) is able to be injected. The device also comprises, in association with the perimeter edge of said female part (13), means able to exert a connection function in substantial cooperation with the zone of discontinuity between said female part (13) and said male part (12). The means comprise a movable annular ring-nut (22) including a first position (22a) to load a segment of said film (19) in order to insert said segment inside the mold, and a second position (22b) at least partly overlapping on the perimeter of said female part (13) in order to cooperate with said female part (13) during the molding of said polyurethane material (24).

Abstract: Device for introducing a coating into pipes and pipe bends and, more generally, into rotationally symmetrical bodies open at only at least one end, with an elastic, elongate, inflatable core (12), the so-called “variocore”.

Abstract: A dispensing closure including a compression molded plastic closure having a base wall and a peripheral skirt having threads for engaging a container. An opening is formed in the base wall and a compression molded liner is molded in situ in the closure and includes a radial liner forming portion on the inner surface of the base wall of the closure. An integral nozzle is compression molded with the liner and extends axially through the opening in the base wall. One or more slits in the nozzle define a dispensing opening through which the contents of the container can be dispensed by squeezing the container. In another form, the dispensing closure is provided with a liner such that a syringe needle is used to penetrate an elastomeric wall for removal of the liquid contents of the package.

Abstract: A mold assembly accepts a flexible inserted decoration sheet and molds a cylindrical component to include the inserted decoration sheet. The mold assembly has a female part a male part insertable thereinto such that the component is molded therebetween from an introduced mold material. The female part includes a circular wall, a cylindrical wall, and a pair of demarcating ridges on the cylindrical wall. The pair of ridges accept the inserted decoration therebetween and hold the inserted decoration against the cylindrical wall such that the introduced mold material stays substantially on a side of the inserted decoration opposite the cylindrical wall of the female part.

Abstract: Embodiment of a disclosed seam tool comprise a rigid backing configured to be positioned about a seam region defined by at least two adjacent pattern segments. The rigid backing further includes an injection port and, typically, a gas outlet port, fluidly coupled to the seam region. The disclosed device may further include a resilient liner which contacts and forms a seal with surfaces of the pattern segments. Compensating grooves may be formed in the resilient material to allow complete filling of the seam region by weld-forming material. An injection fitting may be operably coupled to an injection port to provide an improved ability to receive weld-forming material to form welds. A method for forming a weld between plural, adjacently positioned pattern segments also is disclosed. The method comprises positioning the disclosed embodiments of the seam tool about a seam region defined between adjacent pattern segments.

Abstract: The bottom mold portion for a transfer molding system is covered with a deformable material. During mold clamping, the deformable material contacts the bottom surface of the packaging substrate on which the integrated circuit die is mounted. Deformation of this relatively soft covering on the bottom mold portion accommodates thickness variations in the packaging substrate, as well as non-planarity of the adhesive layer between the integrated circuit die and packaging substrate in exposed active area integrated circuits.

Abstract: In the method, after the pattern-bearing film is fed to the female mold, the distal end of the film is fixed under a lower portion of the female mold, and at the same time the film is retreated by a force from the film supply portion. Thus, this tightens up the film so that the slacks or wrinkles cannot be formed on the film. Therefore, the film can be fortunately spread around the parting surface of the female mold. In the apparatus, the film suppressing frame is pressed to the female mold through the sliding rod arranged in the female mold, in such a manner that the female mold embraces the frame. Thus, the pressing of the frame is performed by a simple structure, and the film is accurately positioned to the internal surface of the female mold. Also, the film suppressing frame is constituted to advance from and retreat to the female mold. Thus, this causes a space between the both molds and an outside standby position to be useless. A space around the apparatus can be effectively utilized.

Abstract: A system and method for reinforcing at least a portion of a structural member, including at least one chamber or compartment having an interior portion which substantially conforms to the dimensions and geometry of the structural member being reinforced; and a reinforcement material for filling the interior portion of one or more of the compartments or chambers. The reinforcement material filling one or more of the compartments or chambers of the present invention can be a pumpable polymeric material, an heat activated expandable material, or a self-curing material. The compartment or chamber can be a polymeric material, such as nylon, which can be solid, blow-molded, flexible, or expandable depending upon the selected structural member to be reinforced.

Abstract: A molding machine comprising an injection portion with an injection nozzle which injects a molding material, a turntable comprising a rotation driving apparatus, a plurality of molds placed along a peripheral edge of the turntable, an attaching and detaching station, an injection station and a plurality of curing stations. Each mold comprises a material receiving port communicating with the injection nozzle when the mold is positioned at the injection station. Each mold further comprises a mechanism which close the material receiving port so as to prevent the molding material from flowing backward when the mold is separated from the injection nozzle. The molds are transferred by rotation of the turntable to each station one by one. Primary formed products are attached to the molds at the attaching and detaching station, injected at the injection station, cured to be second formed products at the curing stations and finally took out at the attaching and detaching station.

Abstract: A transfer molding arrangement for encapsulating a substrate with an encapsulating material comprising a bottom mold and a top mold, wherein a space is provided between the top mold and bottom mold for receiving the substrate, and the top mold and/or the bottom mold is/are arranged in such a way that when a clamping force is applied sufficiently strong, the top mold and bottom mold are abutted against each other, thereby distributing the force exerted on the substrate to the top mold and bottom mold.

Abstract: The present invention provides in one embodiment, a system for encapsulating a substrate on a vehicle structure. The system includes the substrate, the vehicle structure and a package substrate. The substrate has a top portion and a bottom portion. The vehicle structure is operatively connected to the bottom portion of the substrate. The package substrate has a plurality of layers, where the package substrate is operatively connected to the top portion of the substrate. The package substrate conforms to a periphery area of the top portion of the substrate.

Abstract: An insert molding method and mold has an upper mold and a lower mold disposed to oppose each other. The cavity at the upper mold side is filled with molten resin or rubber material injected through a gate to perform injection molding of the resin or rubber around an insert set at the lower mold side. A movable supporting member sets the insert, and is fitted in a recessed part formed on the upper face of the lower mold. The position of the center of gravity at the lower face of the movable supporting member is supported and pressed towards the upper mold side by the tip of a shaft of a pressing mechanism. A gap is between the side face part of the recessed part and the side face part of the movable supporting member to cause the movable supporting member to tilt about the point at which the movable supporting member is pressed and supported by the shaft inside the recessed part so that the upper face of the insert will be in uniform surface contact with the lower face of the upper mold.

Abstract: The upper and lower mold plates of a transfer molding machine are configured for one-side encapsulation of a pair of substrate mounted electronic devices having an opposite conductor-grid-array and/or bare heat sink/dissipator. The pair of devices is positioned back-to-back within a single mold cavity for simultaneous encapsulation. A buffer member, optionally with cut-outs or apertures, may be placed between the two back-to-back substrates for protecting the grid-arrays and enabling encapsulation of devices with varying thicknesses without adjustment of the molding machine. Alternately, the upper and lower plates are configured for one-side encasement using covers of a pair of substrate mounted electronic devices having an opposite conductor-grid-array and/or bare heat sink/dissipator.

Abstract: A process for making a decorated article is described. The process entails printing, using a high temperature ink, a design on a surface of transfer paper, and transferring the design by sublimation to the surface of a clear flat substrate to obtain a decorated substrate. The thus decorated surface is then placed in a mold and thermoplastic resin is injected to form an article. The placing of the decorated substrate in the mold is such that the surface carrying the design faces the inside of the mold. An additional embodiment entails forming the decorated substrate to attain a three dimensional decorated substrate prior to placing it in the mold.

Abstract: A method of encapsulating an article having first and second surfaces, includes positioning a first molding section in a sealing relationship with the first surface of the article and positioning a second molding section adjacent the second surface of the article. The first molding section is filled first thereby forcing the second surface of the article into a sealing engagement with the second molding section. The second molding section is then filled.

Abstract: A mold for an integrated circuit package. The mold for an integrated circuit package includes a main cavity, a front cavity, a rear cavity, a plurality of gates and a plurality of air vents. The gates and the air vents are located on two opposite sides of the mold respectively. The front cavity is located between the main cavity and the gates and the rear cavity is located between the main cavity and the air vents. The gates, the front cavity, the main cavity, the rear cavity and the air vents are interconnected so that they share a common inner space. The extension direction of the rear cavity is parallel to the arrangement direction of the air vents, and the extension direction of the front cavity is parallel to the arrangement direction of the gates. The width of the rear cavity is much smaller than the width of the main cavity.

Abstract: A process and apparatus for manufacturing fiberglass-reinforced panels are provided. The apparatus includes a guide mechanism and drive mechanism to drive individual elongate molds through a gel coating spraying section and thereafter through an oven to cure the gel coat. The elongate molds are thereafter driven through first and second resin/fiberglass application stations to apply a composite of resin and fiberglass strands. The apparatus also includes a station whereby wooden boards may be placed over the top of the resin and the fiberglass strands, and thereafter to a vacuum station whereby a vacuum can be placed over the wooden boards, such that when a vacuum is drawn on the composite, the resin is drawn into the wooden boards to form an integrated deposit panel.

Abstract: A resin multilayer molding method in which a skin material having a resin decorating layer on a surface and a core-material resin are integrally molded in a mold, comprising the steps of: presetting a relationship of a glass transition point (Tgs) of the resin decorating layer of the skin material and a supply temperature (Tc) of a molten resin forming a core material to satisfy Tgs<Tc, and performing molding on a condition that a maximum temperature (Tsm) of the resin decorating layer of the skin material during clamping satisfies Tsm>Tgs.

Abstract: A split-mold, which is used for manufacturing semiconductor devices by resin-encapsulating a substrate on which a plurality of semiconductor chips are formed, includes a first mold and a second mold. The second mold has a pressing surface that is provided with a mold release sheet. The second mold has a mold-release-sheet mechanism holding a mold release sheet outside the pressing surface of the second mold and applying tension to the mold release sheet.

Abstract: A mold assembly including: a first mold half; a second mold half relatively movable with respect to the first mold half; and a thin film disposes between the both mold halves and in contact with the surface of a semiconductor chip. Because of the contact between the edges of the surface of the semiconductor chip and the thin film, the portion of the semiconductor chip at which the burr is liable to be generated is protected and no burrs are generated.

Abstract: An injection molding apparatus for producing a plastic product having a grain pattern thereon. The apparatus includes a female die having a grain pattern on an inner surface thereof, the female die further provided with a vacuum drawing mechanism for drawing a vacuum therethrough, and a male die having an injection aperture for injecting a thermal formable plastic material therethrough. The male die further includes a burr cutter adapted to slide fit in a gap between the male die and the female die and a guide pin with a spacer provided at four corners of the male die for controlling a distance between the male die and a female die.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for molding a sealing surface of revolution on a molded part in first and second partable mold halves that mate at a major parting line plane. First and second mold inserts each have a sub-insert trim wheel component shaped to mold form the sealing surface of revolution when closed at a minor parting line plane. The sub-inserts are rotatable between a position flush with the major parting line plane and a starting position angularly offset therefrom. The mold cavity is filled with liquid molding material that is allowed to harden to at least a self-sustaining solidification strength. The sub-inserts are then rotated to thereby move any minor parting line flash toward a position angularly offset from their starting position. This rotation causes any parting line flash that might otherwise remain on the sealing surface to be removed from attachment to, and/or smeared smooth along, such surface.

Abstract: A top side member 4 is attached to the side of one die 2 of a cavity 6 between a pair of dies 2 and 3, and a back side member 5 is attached to the side of the other die 3. A charge space is provided between these top and back side members 4 and 5. Raw material beads each made of a foam resin are supplied between the charge space, air is discharged from a plurality of work piece nozzles provided at the side of the die 3, and raw material beads are charged. At this time, air discharging is started from a work piece nozzle a41 set at the most distant position from a charger 61 for supplying raw material beads. Air is charged while the air is discharged sequentially up to the work piece nozzle a21 set at the most proximal position as the raw material beads are charged. Then, the raw material beads are heated to be foamed and fused, and the top and back side members 4 and 5 are integrated with each other via the foam member 8.

Abstract: The invention relates in particular to a facia panel designed to make it possible for an airbag to pass through it at the time the airbag is inflated. In accordance with the invention, the part includes a plastic support element (8) having a reduced thickness in comparison to its other dimensions; a connecting sheet (6) joined to the support element; the part presenting a special zone (15) which forms a door and is designed to make it possible to create a passageway, the zone being delimited by a periphery constituted by an embrittled portion (14) presenting two extremities of an articulating portion which defines, between the two extremities, an articulation axis overlapped by the sheet; along at least the major part of the embrittled portion, the sheet is present on either side of the embrittled portion; and the sheet is present over the greater part of the special zone.

Abstract: A molding tool for producing several assembly injection molded components, especially assembly injection molded switching dampers, which are combined into a subassembly by inserting an insertion part, and a method for producing such a subassembly from several components using the molding tool of the invention. The insertion part is encapsulated at least partially by one or more of the components to be injection molded, as a result of which a completely assembled subassembly is produced in the original molding process. This can be, for example, a switching damper assembly 18, which results from a common actuating shaft 17. In this way, assembly injection molded components 14, 15 with a complicated structure can be produced, for which a molding tool with only a single molding cavity would not be usable. The individual components 13 are produced in different mold cavities, which preferably are mounted rotatably on a carousel.