Patents by Inventor Daniel Thomas Sudd

Daniel Thomas Sudd 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).

  • Grove imprinting device for injection molded parts
    Patent number: 7879280
    Abstract: The invention provides a mold insert system that includes an insert for insertion into an injection mold apparatus and an actuator. The insert includes a movable imprint plate with a predetermined pattern of protrusions configured to form grooves in an article molded by the mold apparatus. The insert also includes a stationary piece with a pattern of slots configured to correspond to the predetermined pattern of protrusions in the imprint plate. The actuator moves the imprint plate from a first position in which the protrusions on the imprint plate do not extend beyond the slots in the stationary piece to a second position in which the protrusions on the imprint plate extend temporarily beyond the slots in the stationary piece. An injection mold apparatus including the mold insert system, as well as a method of making a molded article including the mold insert system are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Toyota Boshoku America, Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis Scott Randall, Daniel Thomas Sudd, Martin Thomas Milburn
  • GROOVE IMPRINTING DEVICE FOR INJECTION MOLDED PARTS
    Publication number: 20100289185
    Abstract: The invention provides a mold insert system that includes an insert for insertion into an injection mold apparatus and an actuator. The insert includes a movable imprint plate with a predetermined pattern of protrusions configured to form grooves in an article molded by the mold apparatus. The insert also includes a stationary piece with a pattern of slots configured to correspond to the predetermined pattern of protrusions in the imprint plate. The actuator moves the imprint plate from a first position in which the protrusions on the imprint plate do not extend beyond the slots in the stationary piece to a second position in which the protrusions on the imprint plate extend temporarily beyond the slots in the stationary piece. An injection mold apparatus including the mold insert system, as well as a method of making a molded article including the mold insert system are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Curtis Scott Randall, Daniel Thomas Sudd, Martin Thomas Milburn