US 12,115,702 B2
Apparatus and method for manufacturing reactor
Ryo Yokozawa, Nisshin (JP); Mitsuyasu Higano, Toyota (JP); and Shun Kishimoto, Miyoshi (JP)
Assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/047,353.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-189289 (JP), filed on Nov. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0158715 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. B29C 33/30 (2006.01); B29C 33/38 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 33/304 (2013.01) [B29C 33/3807 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for manufacturing a reactor including a core, the apparatus comprising:
a mold including an upper mold, a lower mold, and a cavity for housing the core, wherein
the lower mold includes a plurality of pins protruding into the cavity,
when the core is disposed in the cavity, at least one of the plurality of pins is not fixed, and each of the pins functions as a positioning pin,
when a molded article is molded, the at least one pin is fixed, and each pin functions as a core support pin for supporting the core against a resin pressure during molding, and
the lower mold includes a wedge, the upper mold includes a wedge pressing pin, the wedge pressing pin starts pressing the wedge in response to a lowering of the upper mold, and the at least one pin is fixed by the wedge when the lowering of the upper mold is completed.