Patents Assigned to Miken Composites Company, LLC.
  • Patent number: 5811041
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for manufacturing void free products using vacuum transfer molding. The method comprises evacuating gas from a preheated resin mixture in an injection accumulator assembly before injection into a mold. The apparatus includes a fixed upper platen assembly supporting an injection accumulator assembly having appended thereto a gas exhausting means and a feed material holding canister on its upper surface and an upper match mold portion on its lower surface. The movable lower platen assembly supports a lower match mold portion on its upper surface and is supported by a plurality of hydraulic cylinders of a bottom plate assembly. The platen assemblies include a sandwich of a press plate, an insulating fiber board and an internally heated platen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: Miken Composites Company, LLC.
    Inventor: Mike Snow