Patents by Inventor Daniel Dunst

Daniel Dunst 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).

  • Publication number: 20050258559
    Abstract: A thermoforming method and apparatus for use in an injection molding machine for simultaneously performing the multiple functions of forming, cutting and molding of deep drawn injection molded parts. The thermoforming apparatus includes a forming tool (58) having a former assembly (62) on one side thereof and a heater assembly (64) on the opposite side thereof for thermoforming a printed substrate. The former assembly (62) includes a forming mold coupled to a vacuum source and housed within a pressure vessel. The heater assembly (64) includes heating elements for rapid on/off heating of the substrate, a temperature sensor for continuously monitoring the temperature of the substrate during heating, a pressure vessel coupled to a pressure source and a cooling vessel. The former assembly (62) and heater assembly (64) come together to engage a substrate therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2001
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Inventors: Loren Johansen, Michael McElhatton, Michael Ruminski, Daniel Dunst, Kurt Eschenfelder
  • Patent number: D493848
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Inventor: Daniel Dunst