Automotive injection-molded product

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9809676-B2
Application number	US-201514689163-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 17, 2015
Priority date	Oct 23, 2012
Publication date	Nov 7, 2017
Grant date	Nov 7, 2017

Abstract

An automotive injection-molded product includes natural pellets and masterbatches that color the natural pellets. In the automotive injection-molded product, a color difference between a high concentration portion and a low concentration portion of the masterbatches with respect to the natural pellets in a flat plate is not more than 6.5.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An injection-molded product formed by using:
a nozzle having a nozzle body, an inlet port through which a fluid is introduced, an outlet port through which the fluid is delivered, and a plurality of elements positioned between the inlet port and the outlet port;
natural pellets; and
masterbatches that color the natural pellets,
wherein, the nozzle is configured such that in a condition where the fluid formed from the natural pellets and the masterbatches is applied to the inlet port of the nozzle, fluid is kneaded by the plurality of elements and a rise of an injection pressure of the fluid is suppressed,
wherein, in a color measurement test using a test piece of the injection-molded product in a flat plate shape, a color difference between a first concentration portion and a second concentration portion of the masterbatches with respect to the natural pellets in the test piece of the injection-molded product is not more than 6.5,
wherein, in a tensile test in accordance with ASTM D638 using a test piece of the injection-molded product in a shape of ASTM #4, a tensile breaking elongation of the test piece of the injection-molded product is not less than 40%, and
wherein, in an Izod impact test in accordance with ASTM D256, an Izod impact strength of a test piece of the injection-molded product in a shape of a thickness of 3.2 mm*a width of 12.5 mm*a length of 63.5 mm is not less than 24.5 J/m.

2. The injection-molded product according to claim 1 , wherein,
in the color measurement test, the test piece in a flat plate shape has dimension of 81.2 mm*81.2 mm*2 mm, and color measurement conditions include a 45-0 degree system, a light source D65, and a 10 degree field of view.

3. The injection-molded product according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of elements comprise a plurality of element holes, and
the nozzle is configured such that the plurality of elements knead the fluid which is introduced into the nozzle body at the inlet port by introducing the fluid through the plurality of element holes.

4. The injection-molded product according to claim 1 , wherein the nozzle body comprises a pressure rise suppression part to suppress the rise of the injection pressure of the fluid introduced through the inlet port.

5. The injection-molded product according to claim 4 , wherein the pressure rise suppression part causes the fluid introduced through the inlet port to pass through the plurality of elements.

6. The injection-molded product according to claim 1 , wherein
each of plurality of elements comprises an element body, a diverging part and a mixing part,
the diverging part comprises a plurality of element holes communicated from an inlet port side of the element body to an outlet port side of the element body.

7. The injection-molded product according to claim 6 , wherein
each element hole comprises a twisted blade in which a base end on the inlet port side and a base end on the outlet port side are twisted at 180 degrees such that the fluid flowing through each element hole is divided into two flows, and
the two divided flows are mixed by the mixing part.

8. The injection-molded product according to claim 6 , wherein
each element body has two element holes,
an outer diameter of each element hole is inscribed in an inner diameter of the element body at equal intervals from the center of the element body, and
the two element holes are arranged at intervals of 180 degrees in a circumferential direction of the element body.

9. The injection-molded product according to claim 8 , wherein
the two element holes provided in each of adjacent ones of elements are arranged shifted by 90 degree in a rotating direction where a center of the element body is a rotation axis.

10. The injection-molded product according to claim 6 , wherein a number of the plurality of element holes is set to not less than three and not more than nine.

11. The injection-molded product according to claim 6 , wherein the plurality of element holes are arranged at equal intervals in the circumferential direction of the element body.

12. The injection-molded product according to claim 1 , wherein a length of each of the plurality of elements, a land length of the inlet port, and a land length of the outlet port are reduced to prevent lowering of kneadability.

13. The injection-molded product according to claim 1 , wherein, for an injection pressure of not more than 2.9 MPa, a range of a ratio between a length of each of the plurality of elements and a diameter of each of the plurality of elements for a flow passage diameter of φ 8 is 0.30 to 1.21.

14. The injection-molded product according to claim 1 , wherein, for an injection pressure of not more than 2.9 MPa, a range of a ratio between a length of each of the plurality of elements and a diameter of each of the plurality of elements for a flow passage diameter of φ 10 is 0.98 to 0.24.

15. The injection-molded product according to claim 1 , wherein, for an injection pressure of not more than 2.9 MPa, a range of a ratio between a length of each of the plurality of elements and a diameter of each of the plurality of elements for a flow passage diameter of φ 14 . 5 is 1.00 to 0.20.

16. The injection-molded product according to claim 1 , wherein a range of a ratio between a length of each of the plurality of elements and a diameter of each of the plurality of elements for a flow passage diameter of φ 25 is 0.99 to 0.20.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Hanmura Kaoru
• Kayama Shinobu

Classifications

• B29C2045/308

  Mixing or stirring devices · CPC title

• B29C45/20 Primary

  Injection nozzles {(B29C45/1603 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B29K2067/003

  PET, i.e. poylethylene terephthalate · CPC title

• B29C45/16

  Making multilayered or multicoloured articles {(B29C45/0062 takes precedence; feeding colouring materials into the injection unit B29C45/1816)} · CPC title

• C08G63/127 Primary

  Acids containing aromatic rings · CPC title