US 12,076,895 B2
Mold and molding system
Koki Kodaira, Tokyo (JP); and Yuichi Yanahara, Moriyama (JP)
Assigned to Canon Virginia, Inc., Newport News, VA (US)
Appl. No. 17/611,352
Filed by Canon Virginia, Inc., Newport News, VA (US)
PCT Filed May 13, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/032739
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 15, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/236491, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/849,725, filed on May 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0219362 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. B29C 45/17 (2006.01); B29C 45/04 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 45/1775 (2013.01) [B29C 45/0416 (2013.01); B29C 45/1756 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mold for an injection molding system including an injection molding machine, a conveying apparatus configured to convey a mold to a molding operation position in the injection molding machine, and a driving unit configured to provide power for moving the mold, the mold comprising:
a fixed mold;
a movable mold; and
a clamping plate fixed to the fixed mold,
wherein the improvement to the mold includes:
a first attachment area for transmitting the power from the driving unit to the mold, wherein the fixed mold is fixed to a first surface of the clamping plate, wherein part of the first surface forms a border area between the fixed mold and at least one edge of the clamping plate, wherein the first attachment area is provided on the border area of the first surface of the clamping plate such that the attachment area is positioned in the border area on the first surface between the mold and the edge of the clamping plate, wherein the first attachment area is located lower than a middle of the clamping plate in the vertical direction in a condition where the mold is used in the injection molding system, and
wherein the first attachment area is connectable to a linking unit that is configured to transmit the power from the driving unit to the mold such that the first attachment area affords interchangeability of the linking unit.