US 11,759,986 B2Granted

Mold apparatus

AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.

InventorHiroshi Matsushima

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Abstract

A rotary core includes an undercut portion molding section for molding an undercut portion in a resin-molded article, and a seal portion abutting on a mold main body. In a side view viewed from a direction orthogonal to the direction in which a shaft member serving as the rotation center of the rotary core extends, a first imaginary line extending along the inner edge of the seal portion, and a second imaginary line extending from the rotation center to the first imaginary line and orthogonal to the first imaginary line are drawn. The seal portion includes a portion that is located on a lower side of the second imaginary line and is bent inward in the width direction as compared with a portion of the seal portion that is located on an upper side of the second imaginary line.

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Dependent claims

A mold apparatus that molds a resin molded article including a main body portion and an undercut portion, the mold apparatus comprising:

a mold main body configured to mold the main body portion, and having a window portion formed therein;
a rotary core including an undercut portion molding section configured to rotate in a direction in which the undercut portion molding section enters or moves away from the window portion, mold the undercut portion when entering the window portion, and move away from the undercut portion when moving away from the window portion;
a regulating core configured to regulate rotation of the rotary core by entering between the mold main body and the rotary core and supporting the rotary core during molding, and move away from between the mold main body and the rotary core when the rotary core is released from the undercut portion;
a shaft member configured to support the rotary core on the mold main body and serving as a rotation center of the rotary core;
a rotary driving device configured to apply a rotary driving force to the rotary core to rotate the rotary core about the shaft member,
wherein the rotary core includes a seal portion configured to abut on the mold main body to seal between the rotary core and the mold main body, and
in a case where a side where the shaft member is located is defined as a lower side, a side where the undercut portion molding section is located is defined as an upper side, a direction in which the shaft member extends is defined as a width direction, and a direction orthogonal to the width direction is defined as a thickness direction, when a first imaginary line extending along an inner edge of the seal portion and a second imaginary line extending from the rotation center of the rotary core toward the first imaginary line and orthogonal to the first imaginary line are drawn in a side view in which the rotary core is viewed along the thickness direction, the seal portion includes a portion that is located on a lower side of the second imaginary line and is bent inward in the width direction as compared with a portion of the seal portion that is located on an upper side of the second imaginary line, whereby the seal portion is formed with a narrowing surface, and
a wall portion forming the window portion is formed with an inclined surface that abuts on the narrowing surface in a case where the rotary core enters the window Portion.

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Abstract

A mold apparatus that molds a resin molded article including a main body portion and an undercut portion, the mold apparatus comprising:

a mold main body configured to mold the main body portion, and having a window portion formed therein;
a rotary core including an undercut portion molding section configured to rotate in a direction in which the undercut portion molding section enters or moves away from the window portion, mold the undercut portion when entering the window portion, and move away from the undercut portion when moving away from the window portion;
a regulating core configured to regulate rotation of the rotary core by entering between the mold main body and the rotary core and supporting the rotary core during molding, and move away from between the mold main body and the rotary core when the rotary core is released from the undercut portion;
a shaft member configured to support the rotary core on the mold main body and serving as a rotation center of the rotary core;
a rotary driving device configured to apply a rotary driving force to the rotary core to rotate the rotary core about the shaft member,
wherein the rotary core includes a seal portion configured to abut on the mold main body to seal between the rotary core and the mold main body, and
in a case where a side where the shaft member is located is defined as a lower side, a side where the undercut portion molding section is located is defined as an upper side, a direction in which the shaft member extends is defined as a width direction, and a direction orthogonal to the width direction is defined as a thickness direction, when a first imaginary line extending along an inner edge of the seal portion and a second imaginary line extending from the rotation center of the rotary core toward the first imaginary line and orthogonal to the first imaginary line are drawn in a side view in which the rotary core is viewed along the thickness direction, the seal portion includes a portion that is located on a lower side of the second imaginary line and is bent inward in the width direction as compared with a portion of the seal portion that is located on an upper side of the second imaginary line, whereby the seal portion is formed with a narrowing surface, and
a wall portion forming the window portion is formed with an inclined surface that abuts on the narrowing surface in a case where the rotary core enters the window Portion.

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