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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2012
Quoc Tran Pham, Anaheim, CA (US);
Michael Deming, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Theodore A. Waniuk, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Sean Timothy O'keeffe, Tustin, CA (US);
Joseph Stevick, Olympia, WA (US);
Quoc Tran Pham, Anaheim, CA (US);
Michael Deming, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Theodore A. Waniuk, Lake Forest, CA (US);
Sean Timothy O'Keeffe, Tustin, CA (US);
Joseph Stevick, Olympia, WA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Vessels used for melting material to be injection molded to form a part are described. One vessel has a body formed from a plurality of elongate segments configured to be electrically isolated from each other and with a melting portion for melting meltable material therein. Material can be provided between adjacent segments. An induction coil can be used to melt the material in the body. Other vessels have a body with an embedded induction coil therein. The embedded coil can be configured to surround the melting portion, or can be positioned below and/or adjacent the melting portion, so that meltable material is melted. The vessels can be used to melt amorphous alloys, for example.