Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Mold and method for molding a body or cap for a connector
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Application No.: US17415411Application Date: 2019-12-13
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Publication No.: US11787095B2Publication Date: 2023-10-17
- Inventor: Glen Ansell
- Applicant: John Guest International Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Middlesex
- Assignee: JOHN GUEST INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
- Current Assignee: JOHN GUEST INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB Middlesex
- Agency: Barnes & Thornburg LLP
- Priority: GB 20824 2018.12.20
- International Application: PCT/GB2019/053546 2019.12.13
- International Announcement: WO2020/128439A 2020.06.25
- Date entered country: 2021-06-17
- Main IPC: B29C45/44
- IPC: B29C45/44 ; B29C45/26 ; B29C45/36 ; B29L31/36

Abstract:
A mold for molding a body or cap for a connector. The mold comprises a mold body (1) and an axial core (2) which together define a mold cavity in the shape of the body or cap. The core has a sleeve (3) and an inner pin (4) each having complementary castellations (8, 10) which interdigitate in a first configuration. In the first configuration, the castellations (8, 10) are arranged such that respective recesses (11) are formed each bound by the proximal end of a first castellation (8) and the side walls of adjacent second castellations (10). Each recess has a shape to form a respective first portion of the body or cap. The sleeve (3) and inner pin (4) are axially movable to a second configuration in which the castellations (8, 10) are disengaged from one another. The inner pin (4) is rotatable to a third configuration in which the first castellations (8) can be axially withdrawn following a path occupied by the second castellations (10) in the first configuration.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220063163A1 A MOLD AND METHOD FOR MOLDING A BODYOR CAP FOR A CONNECTOR Public/Granted day:2022-03-03
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