IP Library Granted Patent US 8,252,395
Granted Patent B2
US 8,252,395 · App. 13/034,632 · Granted Aug 28, 2012

Injection-molded body

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Patent No.
US 8,252,395
App. No.
13/034,632
Granted
Aug 28, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An injection-molded body according to the present invention includes a tubular body portion, an airtight seal surface formed on a peripheral surface of the body portion near one end of the body portion, and a plurality of undercuts disposed at positions around the peripheral surface of the body portion that are closer to the end than the airtight seal surface is. The undercuts prevent a seal member mounted on the airtight seal surface from falling off, in which a clearance is formed between a peripheral wall and the undercuts. The peripheral wall defines an inner hole of the body portion, and the clearance accommodates deformation of the undercuts in radial directions.

Claims (12)

1. An injection-molded body, comprising:

a tubular body portion;

an airtight seal surface formed on a peripheral surface of the body portion near one end of the body portion; and

a plurality of undercuts disposed at positions around the peripheral surface of the body portion, the positions being closer to the end than the airtight seal surface is, the undercuts preventing a seal member mounted on the airtight seal surface from falling off,

wherein a clearance is formed between a peripheral wall and the undercuts, the peripheral wall defining an inner hole of the body portion, the clearance accommodating deformation of the undercuts in radial directions.

2. The injection-molded body according to claim 1 ,

wherein the inner hole is formed as an insertion hole, a rotating shaft for rotating the body portion being inserted into the insertion hole, and

wherein the clearance is formed along an entire periphery of the peripheral wall.

3. The injection-molded body according to claim 1 ,

wherein a cutout is formed between the undercuts.

4. The injection-molded body according to claim 3 ,

wherein the cutout has a depth substantially corresponding to a dimension of an area for formation of the undercuts.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 1, 2019
From: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049179/0801 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2011
From: KIKUCHI, SHINJI; ABE, HIDEKI; HOSOGOE, JUNICHI; HAYASHIDA, TSUGUHISA; HOMMA, HITOSHI
To: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 025889/0415 →