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US 12,115,713 B2Granted
Molded foam
AssigneeKyoraku Co., Ltd.
InventorsAkihiko Watanabe, Masaaki Onodera
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Abstract
The present invention relates to molded foam having no hollow space caused in a plate-shaped portion. The molded foam comprises a tube body and a plate-shaped portion joined to the outer side of the tube body. The expansion ratio of the molded foam is lower than two, and a value of a thickness B/a thickness A as a relationship between the thickness A of the tube body at the periphery of a point joined to the plate-shaped portion and the thickness B of the plate-shaped portion is less than 2.82.
Claims1
A molded foam comprising:
- a tube body wherein the tube body is connected to a supply portion and includes a pair of first tube portions and a pair of second tube portions;
- and
- a flange joined to an outer side of the tube body, a recessed portion that blocks movement of cells toward the tube body is not formed in the flange wherein the tube body and the flange are formed from a polyolefin-based foamed material;
- the flange has a first end and a second end;
- the entire flange has a constant thickness from the first end to the second end, without a recessed groove on the flange;
- the first end is joined to and integral with the tube body, and the second end is not joined to the tube body;
- the flange is provided at the outer side of the tube body between the pair of second tube portions, wherein the second tube portions are branched from one another;
- wherein
- an expansion ratio of the molded foam is 2.25 to 3.0,
- the plate-shaped portion has a thickness B, and
- the tube body at a point peripheral to where the plate-shaped portion is joined has a thickness A, wherein one of the following conditions is met:
- (i) a value of the thickness B/the thickness A is 1.47 to 1.95, the thickness A is 1.47 to 1.99 mm, and the thickness B is 2.83 to 2.92 mm;
- (ii) a value of the thickness B/the thickness A is 2.12 to 2.83, the thickness A is 1.53 to 1.96 mm, and the thickness B is 3.91 to 4.41 mm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.