IP Library Granted Patent US 11,565,450
Granted Patent B2
US 11,565,450 · App. 16/765,316 · Granted Jan 31, 2023

Injection molded article

Inventors: Takehiko Goshima (Kunitachi, JP); Yoshifumi Imazu (Hachioji, JP); Kenta Fuji (Hachioji, JP)
Assignee: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
B29C45/2708B01L3/5027B29C33/42G01N33/5302
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Patent No.
US 11,565,450
App. No.
16/765,316
Granted
Jan 31, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An injection molded article is obtained by injection molding a molten resin into a mold. The injection molded article includes: a base as a thin plate-shaped member that is connected to a gate of the mold; and a plurality of protrusions each integrally molded on the base and having a thickness greater than a plate thickness of the base. The plurality of protrusions have holes each extending through the base, and the holes in the respective protrusions are connected through another component to form a flow channel. A processed region processed to have a surface roughness greater than a surface roughness of a mirror surface region including a region between the holes on the base is formed in a projected region where a region having a predetermined thickness value is projected on the base.

Claims (11)

1. An injection molded article that is obtained by injection molding a molten resin into a mold, the injection molded article comprising:

a base, the base being a thin plate-shaped member that is connected to a gate of the mold; and

a plurality of protrusions each integrally molded on the base and having a thickness greater than a plate thickness of the base;

wherein the plurality of protrusions have holes each extending through the base;

wherein a projected region of the base is processed to have a surface roughness greater than a surface roughness of a mirror surface region surrounding the holes on the base, and the projected region is where a region of the protrusions having a thickness value of 95 to 100% is projected on the base when a thickness value of a thickest portion of the protrusions is defined as 100%; and

wherein the injection molded article is obtained from the mold processed such that the mirror surface region and the projected region are located close to each other.

2. The injection molded article according to claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the thickest portion is two or more times greater than the plate thickness of the base.

3. The injection molded article according to claim 1 , wherein the surface roughness of the processed region is 1 to 2 μm in Ra.

4. The injection molded article according to claim 1 , wherein when a first area of a smallest circle containing the projected region is defined as 100%, the injection molded article is obtained from the mold having a roughened region to make a surface roughness of a second area greater than the surface roughness of the mirror surface region, and the second area is within the smallest circle and is 50 to 100% of the first area of the smallest circle.

5. The injection molded article according to claim 1 , wherein a sink mark is formed in a region where the thickest portion of the protrusions is projected on an invisible surface of the injection molded article other than a surface of the base.

6. The injection molded article according to claim 1 , wherein the mirror surface region overlaps with a region where a region having a thickness value of 70 to 95% is projected on the base.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 21, 2022
From: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
To: OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059747/0589 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2020
From: GOSHIMA, TAKEHIKO; IMAZU, YOSHIFUMI; FUJI, KENTA
To: KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
Reel/Frame 052705/0774 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-240129 · Dec 15, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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