Method for injection blow molding an automotive component
OwnerMarshall Ray Porterinventor
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Abstract
A method and mold (10) for manufacturing a vehicle component such as a bumper beam (52) or body panel (62). The component is manufactured by: 1) injecting molten material into a parison cavity of a mold (10) to form a parison (40), wherein the mold has at least two sections (14, 18) that are moveable between a first position defining the parison cavity and an expanded second position defining predetermined blow cavities; 2) retracting the at least two sections (14, 18) to the expanded second position, and 3) injecting a gas into the parison (40) to expand the parison (40) to form blown part (44).
Claims16
A method for injection blow molding a vehicle component, comprising the steps of:
- injecting molten material into a parison cavity of a mold to form a parison, wherein the mold has a least two mold sections that are moveable between a first position defining the parison cavity and an expanded second position defining predetermined blow cavities that form a vehicle component;
- retracting the at least two mold sections to the expanded second position;
- and
- injecting a gas into the parison to expand the parison to conform to the expanded second position to form the vehicle component.
A method for injection blow molding a vehicle component, comprising the steps of:
- injecting molten material into a parison cavity of a mold to form a parison, wherein the mold has a least one mold section that is moveable between a first position defining the parison cavity and an expanded second position defining a predetermined blow cavity that forms a vehicle component;
- retracting the at least one mold section to the expanded second position;
- and
- injecting a gas into the parison to expand the parison to conform to the expanded second position to form the vehicle component.
A method for injection blow molding a vehicle component, comprising the steps of:
- injecting molten material into a parison cavity of a mold to form a parison, wherein the mold has a least two mold sections that are moveable between a first position defining the parison cavity and an expanded second position defining predetermined blow cavities, the at least two mold sections having end surfaces that are shaped to be complementary with molding surfaces of the parison cavity;
- retracting the at least two mold sections to the expanded second position;
- and
- injecting a gas into the parison to expand the parison to conform to the expanded second position.
A method for injection blow molding a vehicle component, comprising the steps of:
- injecting molten material into a parison cavity of a mold to form a parison, wherein the mold has at least one mold section that is moveable between a first position defining the parison cavity and an expanded second position defining a predetermined blow cavity, the at least one mold section having an end surface that is shaped to be complementary with a molding surface of the parison cavity;
- retracting the at least one mold section to the expanded second position;
- and
- injecting a gas into the parison to expand the parison to conform to the expanded second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.