Patents by Inventor Siegrid Sommer
Siegrid Sommer 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).
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Publication number: 20130309348Abstract: A nozzle mouthpiece for an injection molding nozzle for use in an injection molding tool and for processing a fluid mass has a flow channel having an inlet opening and an outlet opening. A first sealing surface is formed radially with respect to a longitudinal axis. A stop surface is arranged between the first sealing surface and the outlet opening and is aligned perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and facing the outlet opening. A a coupling means is arranged radially with respect to the longitudinal axis for fixing the nozzle mouthpiece in a mold sprue opening of a pattern plate. An injection molding nozzle and an injection molding tool is provided having such the telescopic nozzle mouthpiece, which can be fixed in a mold sprue opening of a pattern plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2013Publication date: November 21, 2013Inventors: Herbert Gunther, Siegrid Sommer
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Publication number: 20130216644Abstract: A hot runner nozzle having an electrical heating element includes a connector for producing an electrical connection to a connection line, terminal contacts for the heating element terminating in an insulation body for the connector that separates the terminal contacts from one another electrically. The connection line has contact elements that are electrically contactable with the terminal contacts of the heating element. The insulation body is arranged at least in part in a receiving sleeve of the connector, that the connection line may be fixed in or on the receiving sleeve such that the contact elements of the connection line electrically contact the terminal contacts of the heating element, and that a first end of the receiving sleeve that faces towards the heating element wraps around the insulation body and has on this first end two opposing feet that face outward and that are attached to the heating element.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2013Publication date: August 22, 2013Inventors: Siegrid SOMMER, Frederic Zimmermann, Herbert Gunther, Ralf Drossler
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Publication number: 20130087950Abstract: An injection-molding equipment includes at least two cavities and at least one needle valve nozzle, each fitted with one needle, per cavity. The needles are displaceable by an electromagnetic drive into an open and a closed position to respectively release and close a gate aperture subtended in the particular related cavity. Each electromagnetic drive has at least one electromagnet with each sealing needle axially held in place in the open and in the closed position by at least one permanent magnet. A control unit generates individual power pulses of which the duration is defined and saved in said control unit. An electromagnet of an electromagnetic drive is fed a power pulse and generates an electromagnetic field to displace the sealing needle from its closed into its open position and vice-versa, with the power pulses for at least two electromagnetic drives being transmitted in time-staggered manner to the drives.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: GUNTHER Heisskanaltechnik GmbHInventors: Herbert GÜNTHER, Siegrid SOMMER, Torsten SCHNELL
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Patent number: 8278608Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric heater (22) to heat substantially cylindrical objects (12), in particular hot runner nozzles (10) of hot runner systems, essentially being fitted with at least one cylindrical support and with at least one heating conductor track (28) deposited on the support (12). To reduce premature failure of the heater, the invention stipulates that each heating conductor track (28) runs substantially in the axial direction (A) of said support (12), the heating conductor tracks (28) being connected to each other by conductor tracks (30) of lower electrical resistance and each conductor track (30) running essentially in the tangential direction (T) of the support (12).Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2008Date of Patent: October 2, 2012Assignee: Gunther Heisskanaltechnik GmbHInventors: Herbert Gunther, Siegrid Sommer, Frederic Zimmermann
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Patent number: 8246342Abstract: An injection molding nozzle (10) for injection molding equipment and comprising a nozzle casing (14) subtending a longitudinal axis (L) fitted with at least one flow duct (18) for a fluid processing material, further comprising at least one nozzle tip (24) discharging the fluid processing material out of the nozzle casing (14), the minimum of one nozzle tip (24) running transversely to the longitudinal axis (L) of the nozzle casing (14), the minimum of one nozzle tip (24) being integral with the nozzle casing (14).Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2008Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: GUNTHER HeisskanaltechnikInventors: Herbert Günther, Siegrid Sommer, Torsten Schnell
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Patent number: 8137097Abstract: A connection system (36) implementing an electric junction between a heater (22), in particular a heater (22) for a hot runner nozzle (10) and at least one hookup conductor (32) linked to a power source, comprises a hookup body (38, 60, 70) which is made of an electrically non-conducting material and which is fitted with at least one passage (46) to receive at least one hookup conductor (32). Said passage (46) is specified to end in a side face (40) of the hookup body (38, 609, 70). Also the hookup conductor (38, 60, 70) is affixable to and/or on the substrate in a manner that in the specified state, the hookup conductors (32) passing through the minimum of one passage (46) shall make contact by their free ends with the heater (22).Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2008Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: GÜNTHER Heisskanaltechnik GmbHInventors: Herbert Günther, Siegrid Sommer, Frédéric Zimmermann
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Patent number: 8066505Abstract: An injection molding nozzle comprises a material feed pipe subtending a flow duct communicating flow-wise with at least one nozzle tip. Each tip points transversely to axial direction A of the nozzle and is held by a manifold. The manifold is pluggable/insertable into the material feed pipe and includes a neck and a base. A manifold duct system is subtended in the manifold. A main duct extending the flow duct is in the neck and the base comprises a deflection site and at least one manifold duct. The manifold duct runs radially to axial direction A. The nozzle tip is affixed in a seating unit fitted with a central recess. Radial boreholes running transversely to axial direction A fit into the seating unit and receive plugged-in nozzle tips. The central recess receives the base, the nozzle tip being secured by the base to and in the seating unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2009Date of Patent: November 29, 2011Assignee: Günther Heisskanaltechnik GmbHInventors: Herbert Günther, Siegrid Sommer, Torsten Schnell
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Publication number: 20110120986Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric heater (22) to heat substantially cylindrical objects (12), in particular hot runner nozzles (10) of hot runner systems, essentially being fitted with at least one cylindrical support and with at least one heating conductor track (28) deposited on the support (12). To reduce premature failure of the heater, the invention stipulates that each heating conductor track (28) runs substantially in the axial direction (A) of said support (12), the heating conductor tracks (28) being connected to each other by conductor tracks (30) of lower electrical resistance and each conductor track (30) running essentially in the tangential direction (T) of the support (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2008Publication date: May 26, 2011Inventors: Herbert Günther, Siegrid Sommer, Frédéric Zimmerman
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Publication number: 20110117238Abstract: The invention relates to an injection mold's injection nozzle (10) comprising a feed pipe (12) subtending in the axial direction (A) a flow duct (16) for a flowable/fluid material, a nozzle tip (26) being inserted into the feed pipe (12) and extending the flow duct (16). In order to reduce temperature drops, the injection molding nozzle (10) encloses at least one thermal insulator (32) resting against the injection mold and at least partly enclosing the nozzle tip (26).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2009Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: GUNTHER HEISSKANALTECHNIK GMBHInventors: Herbert Gunther, Siegrid Sommer
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Publication number: 20110005831Abstract: A hookup stem (48; 70) to implement an electric hookup (50; 60) of an electric heater of an injection molding nozzle (30), the hookup stem (48; 70) being designed in a manner that it can be affixed by means of at least one electrically conducting adhesion layer (52; 62; 64; 66) and/or by a contact paste (52) to the heater, the hookup stem comprising a shank element (54; 72), and a connecting segment (56; 74) coming into contact with the minimum of one adhesion layer (52; 62; 64; 66) or the contact paste (52).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2009Publication date: January 13, 2011Inventors: Herbert Gunther, Siegrid Sommer, Christel Kretzschmar, Uwe Partsch
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Publication number: 20100310706Abstract: A connection system (36) implementing an electric junction between a heater (22), in particular a heater (22) for a hot runner nozzle (10) and at least one hookup conductor (32) linked to a power source, comprises a hookup body (38, 60, 70) which is made of an electrically non-conducting material and which is fitted with at least one passage (46) to receive at least one hookup conductor (32). Said passage (46) is specified to end in a side face (40) of the hookup body (38, 609, 70). Also the hookup conductor (38, 60, 70) is affixable to and/or on the substrate in a manner that in the specified state, the hookup conductors (32) passing through the minimum of one passage (46) shall make contact by their free ends with the heater (22).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2008Publication date: December 9, 2010Inventors: Herbert Günther, Siegrid Sommer, Fréderic Zimmermann
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Publication number: 20100272851Abstract: The present invention relates to an injection molding nozzle (10) for injection molding equipment, comprising at least two processing-material feed pipes (20) each subtending a flow duct (30) passing a fluid processing material. Each pipe (20) supports circumferentially a heater (40) and comprises a terminal nozzle tip (32) which is fitted with at least one discharge aperture (34) for said fluid material. Several nozzle tips (32) pass through separate, tightly adjacent recesses (60) receiving the processing-material feed pipes (20) that are received in a common housing (50) and exhibit uniform heat transfer and temperature distribution characteristics, making possible even minute cavity spacings.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2008Publication date: October 28, 2010Inventors: Herbert Günther, Siegrid Sommer, Torsten Schnell
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Publication number: 20100255145Abstract: An injection molding nozzle (10) for injection molding equipment and comprising a nozzle casing (14) subtending a longitudinal axis (L) fitted with at least one flow duct (18) for a fluid processing material, further comprising at least one nozzle tip (24) discharging the fluid processing material out of the nozzle casing (14), the minimum of one nozzle tip (24) running transversely to the longitudinal axis (L) of the nozzle casing (14), the minimum of one nozzle tip (24) being integral with the nozzle casing (14).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2008Publication date: October 7, 2010Inventors: Herbert Günther, Siegrid Sommer, Torsten Schnell
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Publication number: 20100092602Abstract: An injection molding nozzle comprises a material feed pipe subtending a flow duct communicating flow-wise with at least one nozzle tip. Each tip points transversely to axial direction A of the nozzle and is held by a manifold. The manifold is pluggable/insertable into the material feed pipe and includes a neck and a base. A manifold duct system is subtended in the manifold. A main duct extending the flow duct is in the neck and the base comprises a deflection site and at least one manifold duct. The manifold duct runs radially to axial direction A. The nozzle tip is affixed in a seating unit fitted with a central recess. Radial boreholes running transversely to axial direction A fit into the seating unit and receive plugged-in nozzle tips. The central recess receives the base, the nozzle tip being secured by the base to and in the seating unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2009Publication date: April 15, 2010Inventors: Herbert Günther, Siegrid Sommer, Torsten Schnell