Injection molding apparatus and methods and products produced therefrom
OwnerGene Michael Altonen, John Moncrief Layman +2inventors
InventorsGene Michael Altonen, John Moncrief Layman, David Andrew Dalton, Kevin Hedspeth
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Abstract
A product formed by high velocity injection molding. The product may include a body portion formed of a polymer-based resin, wherein upon being formed by high velocity injection molding, the body portion has a gate position, a last fill position, a flow length to wall thickness ratio greater than or equal to about 200, wherein the flow length is measured from the gate position to the last fill position, and a wall thickness less than or equal to about 1 millimeter, wherein the polymer-based resin has a melt flow index less than or equal to about 1000 grams/10 minutes.
Claims20
A product comprising:
- a body portion formed of a polymer-based resin, the body portion comprises:
- a gate position;
- a last fill position;
- a flow length to wall thickness ratio greater than or equal to about 200, wherein the flow length is measured from the gate position to the last fill position;
- and
- a wall thickness less than or equal to about 1 millimeter;
- wherein the polymer-based resin has a melt flow index less than or equal to about 1000 grams/10 minutes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.