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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2024
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Victor A. Johnson, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Bhaskara Rao Pamarthi, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Robert A. Chanko, South Lyon, MI (US);
Ryan Mowery, Sparta, MI (US);
Chad M. Bross, Pickney, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of forming an injection molding tool, the method includes milling at least one channel into a tool body. Each channel includes a bottom surface that is at a predefined distance from a top surface of the tool body, and two opposing walls extending from the bottom surface of the channel to the top surface of the tool body. A first wall of the two opposing walls is at a first angle relative to the bottom surface of the channel, and a second wall of the two opposing walls is at a second angle relative to the bottom surface of the channel. A distance between the first wall and the second wall increases from the bottom surface of the channel to the top surface of the tool body, and at least one wall of the two opposing walls has a curvature.