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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023

Filed:

Aug. 27, 2021
Applicant:

Protolabs, Inc., Maple Plain, MN (US);

Inventor:

David Carmein, Maple Plain, MN (US);

Assignee:

PROTOLABS, INC., Maple Plain, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 45/40 (2006.01); B29C 45/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 45/4005 (2013.01); B29C 45/40 (2013.01); B29C 2045/4057 (2013.01); B29C 2045/4063 (2013.01); B29C 2045/4068 (2013.01); B29C 2045/4089 (2013.01); B29C 2045/4492 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of producing a product utilizing a liner. The method comprises securing, at an injection molding manufacturing system, a liner to a first half of a mold. The method further comprises clamping, at an injection molding manufacturing system, the first half of the mold to a second half of the mold, wherein clamping the first half of the mold to a second half of the mold generates a total mold. The method further comprises generating, at an injection molding manufacturing system, a formed product, wherein generating the formed product further comprises filling an opening of the total mold with a molten material. The method further comprises ejecting, at an injection molding manufacturing system, the formed product, and the liner from a completed first half of the mold and releasing, at an injection molding manufacturing system, the formed product from the liner.


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