US 11,745,394 B2
Mold and method for forming a molded part
Ray Melton Lazalier, Lake St. Louis, MO (US); and Matthew Raymond Bednara, Collinsville, IL (US)
Assigned to Hubbell Incorporated, Shelton, CT (US)
Filed by Hubbell Incorporated, Shelton, CT (US)
Filed on Apr. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/241,770.
Application 17/241,770 is a division of application No. 15/664,547, filed on Jul. 31, 2017, granted, now 11,020,880.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/369,494, filed on Aug. 1, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0245402 A1, Aug. 12, 2021
Int. Cl. B29C 33/42 (2006.01); B29C 39/26 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 33/42 (2013.01) [B29C 39/26 (2013.01); B29L 2031/757 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mold comprising:
a first mold portion;
a second mold portion secured against the first mold portion along a draw axis to form at least one mold cavity, the second mold portion including an internal surface oriented at an oblique angle relative to the draw axis; and
a projection extending from the internal surface along a projection axis to an end surface, the projection having an elongated profile including a first end, a second end, and a pair of side surfaces extending between the first end and the second end; and
wherein the projection axis is oriented parallel to the draw axis.