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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Marshall Ray Porter, Oakdale, IL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 4/930 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 4/930 ;
Abstract
A method and mold ( ) for manufacturing a vehicle component such as a bumper beam ( ) or body panel ( ). The component is manufactured by: 1) injecting molten material into a parison cavity of a mold ( ) to form a parison ( ), wherein the mold has at least two sections ( ) that are moveable between a first position defining the parison cavity and an expanded second position defining predetermined blow cavities; 2) retracting the at least two sections ( ) to the expanded second position, and 3) injecting a gas into the parison ( ) to expand the parison ( ) to form blown part ( ).