Mold apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11759986-B2
Application number	US-202117361360-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 29, 2021
Priority date	Jul 2, 2020
Publication date	Sep 19, 2023
Grant date	Sep 19, 2023

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.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. 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.

2. The mold apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a driving force transmission shaft configured to transmit the rotary driving force of the rotary driving device to the rotary core,
wherein the driving force transmission shaft is disposed with an offset from the shaft member.

3. The mold apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the rotary core is provided with a stopper configured to abut on the mold main body to maintain the rotary core in a stopped position during molding.

4. The mold apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the regulating core is provided with an abutment member that is elastically biased toward the mold main body and protrudes from the regulating core to abut on the mold main body.

5. The mold apparatus according to claim 3 , further comprising a control device configured to control the rotary driving device,
wherein the control device causes the rotary driving device to apply the rotary driving force to the rotary core even after mold closing.

Assignees

• Honda Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Matsushima Hiroshi

Classifications

• B29C45/2608 Primary

  Mould seals · CPC title

• B29C45/2681 Primary

  with rotatable mould parts · CPC title

• B29C45/2602

  Mould construction elements · CPC title

• B29C45/4435

  using inclined, tiltable or flexible undercut forming elements driven by the ejector means · CPC title

• B29C45/33

  having transversely, e.g. radially, movable mould parts · CPC title