Patents by Inventor Lars Odelmark

Lars Odelmark 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).

  • Method and device for manufacturing a hollow plastic component
    Patent number: 6372177
    Abstract: A gas injection moulding device with a mould cavity which communicates via a valve with spill chambers. The injection moulding process is controlled by a control unit so that the valve is first kept partially open during the injection of fluent plastic material for purging the mould cavity of air and for spilling a first small amount of plastic material to the spill chambers, whereas during the subsequent injection of gas, the valve is completely opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignees: Volvo Lastvagnar AB, Lear Corporation Sweden AB
    Inventors: Mikael Hildesson, Tor Hesselgren, Lars Odelmark