Patents by Inventor Lee Richard RIDDLE

Lee Richard RIDDLE 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).

  • MOLDED ARTICLE WITH SELECTIVELY VARIED CORE LAYER GEOMETRY AND HOT RUNNER NOZZLES FOR PRODUCING SAME
    Publication number: 20240059000
    Abstract: A molded article suitable for subsequent blow-molding into a final-shaped container. The article includes a neck portion; a gate portion; and a body portion extending between the neck portion and the gate portion, at least a majority of the body portion having an overall shape which is symmetric about a body axis extending longitudinally through a center of the body portion. The body portion includes an inner exterior layer and an outer exterior layer of a first polymeric material; and a core layer of a second polymeric material disposed between the inner exterior layer and the outer exterior layer. A radial thickness or a material of the core layer is selectively varied to govern non-uniform blow molding of the molded article into the final-shaped container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Jean-Christophe WITZ, Christophe Simone Pierre BECK, Joachim Johannes Niewels, Lee Richard RIDDLE
  • Molded article with selectively varied core layer geometry and hot runner nozzles for producing same
    Patent number: 11850779
    Abstract: A molded article suitable for subsequent blow-molding into a final-shaped container. The article includes a neck portion; a gate portion; and a body portion extending between the neck portion and the gate portion, at least a majority of the body portion having an overall shape which is symmetric about a body axis extending longitudinally through a center of the body portion. The body portion includes an inner exterior layer and an outer exterior layer of a first polymeric material; and a core layer of a second polymeric material disposed between the inner exterior layer and the outer exterior layer. A radial thickness or a material of the core layer is selectively varied to govern non-uniform blow molding of the molded article into the final-shaped container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: HUSKY INJECTION MOLDING SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventors: Jean-Christophe Witz, Christophe Simon Pierre Beck, Joachims Johannes Niewels, Lee Richard Riddle
  • MOLDED ARTICLE WITH SELECTIVELY VARIED CORE LAYER GEOMETRY AND HOT RUNNER NOZZLES FOR PRODUCING SAME
    Publication number: 20200171727
    Abstract: A molded article suitable for subsequent blow-molding into a final-shaped container. The article includes a neck portion; a gate portion; and a body portion extending between the neck portion and the gate portion, at least a majority of the body portion having an overall shape which is symmetric about a body axis extending longitudinally through a center of the body portion. The body portion includes an inner exterior layer and an outer exterior layer of a first polymeric material; and a core layer of a second polymeric material disposed between the inner exterior layer and the outer exterior layer. A radial thickness or a material of the core layer is selectively varied to govern non-uniform blow molding of the molded article into the final-shaped container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Jean-Christophe WITZ, Christophe Simon Pierre BECK, Joachims Johannes NIEWELS, Lee Richard RIDDLE