IP Library Granted Patent US 8,734,669
Granted Patent B2
US 8,734,669 · App. 12/230,010 · Granted May 27, 2014

Urethane foam molded article, manufacturing method thereof, and magnetic induction foam molding apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,734,669
App. No.
12/230,010
Granted
May 27, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A magnetic induction foam molding apparatus comprising: a pair of electromagnet parts, each of which has a core part composed of a ferromagnet and a coil part placed on the outer circumference surface of the core part, and that are placed so as to face each other and depart from each other with a predetermined distance in the axis direction of the core part; a foaming mold interposed between the pair of electromagnet parts, inside which a cavity is defined; and a yoke part connecting back surfaces of the respective core parts of the pair of the electromagnet pats so as to form a magnetic path between a pair of the back surfaces. In the cavity of the foaming mold, a uniform magnetic field is formed.

Claims (12)

1. A urethane foam molded article comprising:

magnetic bodies each formed of a number of magnetic body particles or magnetric filters that are conjoined, connected in a chain shape, and arranged in a line form in an oriented direction, which is a longitudinal direction along lines of a magnetic field, wherein

the magnetic bodies are substantially uniformly dispersed in a substantially perpendicular direction to the oriented direction thereof, and

the urethane foam molded article is produced by performing a foam molding using a foaming mold in which a uniform magnetic field is formed in a cavity.

2. The urethane foam molded article according to claim 1 , wherein

the magnetic bodies comprise magnetic fillers; and

the magnetic fillers have a shape other than sphere and are oriented while they conjoin each other by at least one of a line contact and a surface contact.

3. The urethane foam molded article according to claim 1 , wherein a heat transferring surface for transferring heat by contacting with an opposite member is placed so as to cross the orientation direction of the magnetic bodies and the heat transferring surface has a glossiness of 10% or more.

4. A urethane foam molded article comprising:

magnetic bodies each formed of a number of magnetic body particles that are conjoined, connected in a chain shape, and arranged in a line form in an oriented direction, which is a longitudinal direction along lines of a magnetic field, wherein

the magnetic bodies are substantially uniformly dispersed in a substantially perpendicular direction to the oriented direction thereof, the magnetic bodies being oriented in a shape that has a gradual reduction in concentration from a lower end surface to an upper end surface of the urethane foam molded article, where a cell structure is varied in the orientation direction of the magnetic bodies, and

the urethane foam molded article is produced by performing a foam molding using a foaming mold in which a uniform magnetic field is formed in a cavity.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 20, 2014
From: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 034016/0613 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2008
From: TOMIYAMA, KOJI; IDO, YASUSHI
To: TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.; NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Reel/Frame 021455/0189 →