B29C 51/426
Producing specific thermal regimes during thermoforming to obtain particular properties
Official title: {Producing specific thermal regimes during thermoforming to obtain particular properties}
B29C51/426 (Producing specific thermal regimes during thermoforming to obtain particular properties) appears on 75 US grants and 46 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Apparatus for accurately forming plastic sheet78US 6,257,866 B1Hy-Tech Forming Systems, Inc. · 2001
- Method for making multi-layer molded padded products56US 4,080,416 AInternational Fabric Molders, Inc. · 1978
- Molded structure45US 5,527,585 APlastic Pallets, Inc. · 1996