US 12,420,462 B2
Molded body and production method thereof
Rentarou Akimoto, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed by DENSO CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed on May 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/663,472.
Application 17/663,472 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/041743, filed on Nov. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-208134 (JP), filed on Nov. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0274300 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. B29C 45/00 (2006.01); B29C 45/14 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 45/0025 (2013.01) [B29C 45/14 (2013.01); B29C 2045/0027 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0026 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A molded body formed by molding a resin and configured to allow light to pass through the resin, the molded body comprising:
a plurality of gate marks corresponding to a plurality of gates, each of the plurality of gate marks comprising a mark of a gate through which the resin was injected during the molding; and
a weld part comprised of the resin that is injected through the plurality of gates, the weld part formed from a plurality of flows of resin that flow through the plurality of gates and join together, the weld part positioned away from a position where the light passes through the resin,
wherein
the weld part extends in a linear direction,
the molded body further includes an insert component molded independently of the molded body, and
the gate marks are disposed in each area divided by the insert component and the weld part.