US 12,459,164 B2
Method of manufacturing a mold body
Piotr Momot, Spytkowice (PL); Szymon Bak, Cracow (PL); Artur Kliszka, Cracow (PL); and Antoni Woźnicki, Cracow (PL)
Assigned to APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed by Aptiv Technologies AG, Schaffhausen (CH)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/137,119.
Claims priority of application No. 22173831 (EP), filed on May 17, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0373133 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B29C 33/38 (2006.01); B29C 33/42 (2006.01); B29K 75/00 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01)
CPC B29C 33/3842 (2013.01) [B29C 33/42 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); B29K 2075/00 (2013.01); B29K 2869/00 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
manufacturing a mold body having a cavity surface; and
creating a permanent hydrophobic structure on the cavity surface, wherein the mold body and the hydrophobic structure are 3D printed, wherein the mold body or the hydrophobic structure are made of polycarbonate, wherein the hydrophobic structure comprises a plurality of regularly shaped protrusions, and wherein each protrusion is spaced from an adjacent protrusion at a distance of 0 mm to 1.5 mm.