Patents by Inventor Mark W. Wynn

Mark W. Wynn 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).

  • Pressurized rapid casting process
    Patent number: 10668651
    Abstract: A method for molding a component. The method includes: providing a mold tool having a sprue and a cavity; heating the mold tool to a predetermined mold temperature; placing the heated mold tool into a pressure vessel; pouring a material through the sprue into the cavity of the heated mold tool; prior to complete polymerization of the material in the cavity of the heated mold tool, elevating an internal pressure of the pressure vessel to a predetermined pressure to apply a force to the material in the heated mold tool; completely polymerizing the material in the cavity in heated mold tool to form the molded component; and removing the molded component from the mold tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Yazaki North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan T. Flavin, Bradley P. Van Dike, Mark W. Wynn, Daniel J. Welker
  • PRESSURIZED RAPID CASTING PROCESS
    Publication number: 20130249143
    Abstract: A method for molding a component. The method includes: providing a mold tool having a sprue and a cavity; heating the mold tool to a predetermined mold temperature; placing the heated mold tool into a pressure vessel; pouring a material through the sprue into the cavity of the heated mold tool; prior to complete polymerization of the material in the cavity of the heated mold tool, elevating an internal pressure of the pressure vessel to a predetermined pressure to apply a force to the material in the heated mold tool; completely polymerizing the material in the cavity in heated mold tool to form the molded component; and removing the molded component from the mold tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Inventors: Ryan T. Flavin, Bradley P. Van Dike, Mark W. Wynn, Daniel J. Welker