US 12,247,312 B2
Mandrel for electroforming
Gordon Tajiri, Waynesville, OH (US); Emily Marie Phelps, Bellbrook, OH (US); Dattu G V Jonnalagadda, Ponnur (IN); Joseph Richard Schmitt, Springfield, OH (US); and Yanzhe Yang, Mason, OH (US)
Assigned to Unison Industries, LLC, Jacksonville, FL (US)
Filed by Unison Industries, LLC, Jacksonville, FL (US)
Filed on May 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/322,122.
Application 18/322,122 is a continuation of application No. 16/015,345, filed on Jun. 22, 2018, granted, now 11,686,012.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/577,409, filed on Oct. 26, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0295828 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C25D 1/02 (2006.01); C25D 1/00 (2006.01); C25D 17/12 (2006.01); C25D 21/02 (2006.01)
CPC C25D 21/02 (2013.01) [C25D 1/00 (2013.01); C25D 1/02 (2013.01); C25D 17/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electroforming system for forming a component with an electroforming process, the electroforming system comprising:
an electrodeposition bath within a bath tank at a first temperature;
an anode;
a cathode in the form of a mandrel made from a reclaimable material, the reclaimable material comprising a structural wax having a melting temperature; and
a coolant circuit at least partially passing through the cathode to cool the cathode such that a temperature for the cathode remains below the melting temperature while the first temperature is greater than the melting temperature.