IP Library Granted Patent US 12,589,529
Granted Patent B2
US 12,589,529 · App. 18/181,553 · Granted Mar 31, 2026

Resin sealing apparatus

Inventor: Masahiko Fujisawa (Nagano, JP)
Assignee: Yamaha Robotics Co., Ltd.
B29C43/32B29C33/305B29C43/18B29C43/36B29C45/14B29C45/2602B30B15/007B30B15/06B29L2031/34
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Patent No.
US 12,589,529
App. No.
18/181,553
Granted
Mar 31, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The resin sealing apparatus according to the present invention includes a press device for closing and opening an upper mold and a lower mold. The press device includes a fixed platen to which one of the upper mold and the lower mold is fixed and a movable platen to which the other one is fixed, a tie bar fixing the fixed platen and holding the movable platen so that the movable platen can be lifted and lowered, and a drive device lifting and lowering the movable platen. The fixed platen has a fixed portion fixed to the tie bar on the side of a first surface of a main body portion and a bell-shaped portion provided on the side of a second surface opposite to the first surface, and one of the upper mold and the lower mold is fixed to the bell-shaped portion.

Claims (27)

1 . A resin sealing apparatus for sealing a workpiece with resin and processing the workpiece into a molded product using a sealing mold which comprises an upper mold and a lower mold, the resin sealing apparatus comprising:

a press device closing and opening the upper mold and the lower mold,

wherein the press device comprises:

a fixed platen to which one of the upper mold and the lower mold is fixed,

a movable platen to which the other one of the upper mold and the lower mold is fixed,

a tie bar fixing the fixed platen and holding the movable platen so that the movable platen is able to be lifted and lowered, and

a drive device lifting and lowering the movable platen,

wherein the fixed platen comprises:

a main body portion, having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface;

a fixed portion, fixed to the tie bar on a side of the first surface of the main body portion; and

a bell-shaped portion, disposed on a side of the second surface, wherein one of the upper mold and the lower mold is fixed to the bell-shaped portion,

wherein the main body portion and the bell-shaped portion are integrally formed by casting, and the main body portion and the bell-shaped portion are provided with a central hole bored in a direction from the first surface toward the second surface, at a central position in a radial direction, and

the central hole is formed with an inner diameter decreasing stepwise or tapered in a direction from the first surface toward the second surface, wherein the central hole is formed so as not to penetrate to a mold fixing surface of the bell-shaped portion, wherein the fixed portion is provided at a tip portion of an arm portion extended radially at four corners of the main body portion, and the arm portion is configured as a bending generating portion that generates relatively greater bending than other portions by setting stress to be concentrated during mold closing.

2 . The resin sealing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a circumferential recessed portion, bored toward a center in a radial direction, is provided between the main body portion and the bell-shaped portion.

3 . The resin sealing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the circumferential recessed portion is formed so that an innermost portion in the radial direction is located closer to the center in the radial direction than an outer peripheral portion of one of the upper mold and the lower mold in both a left-right direction and a front-rear direction.

4 . The resin sealing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the circumferential recessed portion is formed in an annular shape along an outer peripheral shape of the upper mold fixed to the fixed platen.

5 . The resin sealing apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

a depth of the central hole is set such that the central hole has a shape extending to the circumferential recessed portion in an up-down direction.

6 . The resin sealing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the bell-shaped portion is formed in a shape that widens along a direction from the first surface toward the second surface, and

the shape of the bell-shaped portion has an outer diameter gradually increases as the bell-shaped portion is separated from the main body portion.

7 . The resin sealing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the bell-shaped portion includes a surface opposite to the first surface of the main body portion in an up-down direction, and

the surface of the bell-shaped portion is served as a mold fixing surface for one of the upper mold and the lower mold to be fixed.

8 . The resin sealing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

a depth of the central hole is set such that the central hole has a shape extending to the bell-shaped portion in an up-down direction.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Dec 11, 2025
From: APIC YAMADA CORPORATION
To: YAMAHA ROBOTICS CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 073181/0910 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 13, 2023
From: FUJISAWA, MASAHIKO
To: APIC YAMADA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062955/0228 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-088841 · May 31, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230382022A1 · Nov 30, 2023
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