B29C 45/17
Component parts, details or accessories
Official title: Component parts, details or accessories; Auxiliary operations
B29C45/17 (Component parts, details or accessories) appears on 13,017 US grants and 11,514 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29C- Granted patents
- 13,017
- Published applications
- 11,514
- Assignees
- 4,523
- Inventors
- 19,631
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 127 | 0 |
| 1977 | 111 | 0 |
| 1978 | 116 | 0 |
| 1979 | 76 | 0 |
| 1980 | 88 | 0 |
| 1981 | 125 | 0 |
| 1982 | 80 | 0 |
| 1983 | 111 | 0 |
| 1984 | 103 | 0 |
| 1985 | 105 | 0 |
| 1986 | 119 | 0 |
| 1987 | 148 | 0 |
| 1988 | 194 | 0 |
| 1989 | 192 | 0 |
| 1990 | 198 | 0 |
| 1991 | 238 | 0 |
| 1992 | 224 | 0 |
| 1993 | 236 | 0 |
| 1994 | 260 | 0 |
| 1995 | 231 | 0 |
| 1996 | 255 | 0 |
| 1997 | 226 | 0 |
| 1998 | 353 | 0 |
| 1999 | 321 | 0 |
| 2000 | 329 | 0 |
| 2001 | 338 | 118 |
| 2002 | 334 | 353 |
| 2003 | 317 | 486 |
| 2004 | 323 | 526 |
| 2005 | 259 | 440 |
| 2006 | 298 | 499 |
| 2007 | 333 | 431 |
| 2008 | 279 | 470 |
| 2009 | 229 | 460 |
| 2010 | 329 | 382 |
| 2011 | 296 | 380 |
| 2012 | 270 | 391 |
| 2013 | 267 | 443 |
| 2014 | 297 | 416 |
| 2015 | 296 | 428 |
| 2016 | 324 | 520 |
| 2017 | 303 | 513 |
| 2018 | 350 | 550 |
| 2019 | 387 | 490 |
| 2020 | 400 | 499 |
| 2021 | 384 | 541 |
| 2022 | 392 | 542 |
| 2023 | 388 | 469 |
| 2024 | 427 | 457 |
| 2025 | 382 | 419 |
| 2026 | 249 | 291 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B29C 45/26Moulds6,192
- B29C 45/76Measuring, controlling or regulating2,485
- B29C 45/46Means for plasticising or homogenising the moulding material or forcing it into2,024
- B29C 45/40Removing or ejecting moulded articles1,806
- B29C 45/72Heating or cooling1,395
- B29C 45/64Mould opening, closing or clamping devices781
- B29C 45/1703Introducing an auxiliary fluid into the mould680
- B29C 45/20Injection nozzles415
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- B29C 45/18Feeding the material into the injection moulding apparatus , i.e. feeding the400
- B29C 2045/1784Component parts, details or accessories not otherwise provided forIndexing code388
- B29C 45/1742Mounting of moulds259
- B29C 45/1761Means for guiding movable mould supports or injection units on the machine239
- B29C 45/84Safety devices210
- B29C 45/38Cutting-off equipment for sprues or ingates191
- B29C 45/1756Handling of moulds or mould parts146
- B29C 45/1769Handling of moulded articles or runners144
- B29C 45/1753Cleaning or purging112
- B29C 45/1701Using a particular environment during moulding91
- B29C 45/1775Connecting parts80
- B29C 45/1751Adjustment means allowing the use of moulds of different thicknesses70
- B29C 45/1774Display units or mountings therefor56
- B29C 45/1777Nozzle touch mechanism53
- B29C 45/1773Means for adjusting or displacing the injection unit into different positions51
- B29C 45/83Lubricating means44
- B29C 45/1782Mounting or clamping means for heating elements or thermocouples43
- B29C 45/1781Aligning injection nozzles with the mould sprue bush33
- B29C 45/176Exchanging the injection unit or parts thereof30
- B29C 45/1747Tie-rod connections27
- B29C 45/70Means for plasticising or homogenising the moulding material or forcing it into25
- B29C 45/1759Removing sprues from sprue-channels24
- B29C 45/1748Retractable tie-rods22
- B29C 45/178Means disposed outside the mould for unscrewing threaded articles7
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Most cited
By later US patents
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- Mold tool for an optoelectronic element1,037US 6,830,711 B2Masimo Corporation · 2004
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