Method for producing an injection molded part, injection mold and fan impeller

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12076893-B2
Application number	US-202318170756-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 17, 2023
Priority date	Aug 21, 2020
Publication date	Sep 3, 2024
Grant date	Sep 3, 2024

Abstract

A method produces an injection molded part. A plastic material is injected into a cavity for forming the injection molded part. The plastic material in a flow line region of the cavity, where the plastic material from two directions coincides during an injection molding process, is at least partially removed from the cavity via at least two overflow points and, in so doing, is locally swirled or mixed between the overflow points.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An injection mold for producing an injection molded part, the injection mold comprising:
a cavity formed therein for forming the injection molded part, wherein at least two tunnels are coupled as overflow points to a flow line region of said cavity such that, when a plastic material converges from two directions in said flow line region during an injection molding process, the plastic material flows out of said cavity via said tunnels and, as a result, the plastic material is locally swirled or mixed in said flow line region, wherein said at least two tunnels are disposed tangentially and axially offset from one another.

2. The injection mold according to claim 1 , wherein said tunnels are disposed offset from said flow line region along one of the directions.

3. The injection mold according to claim 1 , wherein said tunnels open perpendicularly into said cavity.

4. The injection mold according to claim 1 , wherein the injection mold producing the injection molded part as a fan impeller having a central hub cup with a plurality of radially oriented blades and an outer ring connecting the radially oriented blades to one another at blade tips.

5. The injection mold according to claim 4 , wherein said flow line region is disposed at the ring.

6. The injection mold according to claim 4 , wherein said flow line region at the outer ring is disposed between two adjacent ones of said radially oriented blades.

7. The injection mold according to claim 4 , wherein said tunnels are positioned radially on an inside of the outer ring.

Assignees

• Brose Fahrzeugteile Se & Co Kg Wuerzburg

Inventors

• Schlechtriemen Martin
• Niedrig Stefan
• Bussmann Antje
• Albrecht Michael

Classifications

• F04D29/326

  comprising a rotating shroud · CPC title

• B29C2045/0044

  expelling moulding material outside the mould cavity at the weld line location · CPC title

• B29L2031/08

  Blades for rotors, stators, fans, turbines or the like, e.g. screw propellers · CPC title

• B29C2045/0039

  intermixing the injected material front at the weld line, e.g. by applying vibrations to the melt front (B29C2045/0031 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B29C45/1711

  and removing excess material from the mould cavity by the introduced fluid, e.g. to an overflow cavity · CPC title