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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8010227 | Navigation system with downloadable map data A system and method are disclosed for providing geographic data to end users' mobile units from a remotely located navigation services provider so that navigation functions can be provided locally on the mobile units. The navigation services provider determines one ... | 08/30/2011 |
| RE42356 | System for overmolding insert Disclosed is a system. The system includes a mold-moving assembly that is cooperative with an insert-forming station to form an insert at least in part. The mold-moving assembly is also cooperative with an overmolding station to overmold another insert previously fo... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7630787 | System for integrating insert with molded article System comprising mold-moving assembly cooperative with molding station and insert-integration station. Mold-moving assembly operative over cycle, including: first phase: molding station and mold-moving assembly operative to mold molded article, and insert is integr... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7487007 | Overmolding system Disclosed is (i) an overmolding system, (ii) a method of an overmolding system, (iii) an article of manufacture for directing a data processing system to control a molding system, and (iv) an article manufactured by an overmolding system. ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7412301 | Identifying quality molded article based on determination of plug blow Disclosed is: (i) a method of a molding system, (ii) a method of a controller of a molding system, (iii) a method of an article of manufacture of a controller of a molding system, (iv) a method of a network-transmittable signal of a controller of a molding system, (... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7313459 | System for overmolding insert Disclosed is a system. The system includes a mold-moving assembly that is cooperative with an insert-forming station to form an insert at least in part. The mold-moving assembly is also cooperative with an overmolding station to overmold another insert previously fo... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7167768 | Board work system having provision for establishing operating environment suitable for operator, and process of establishing the suitable operating environment A board work system operable by a plurality of operators assigned in turn to operate. The system includes (a) at least one device changeable to each one of a plurality of different modes; (b) a control device which controls the changeable device, and receives operat... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7158854 | Universal mold vacuum system A controller for a mold vacuum unit uses a programmable logic controller to provide flexible translation of pre-existing signals present on the injection-molding machine avoiding the need for modification of that machine by the addition of limit switches or the like... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7072735 | Control system for utilizing active material elements in a molding system Method and apparatus for controlling an injection molding machine having a first surface and a second surface includes a piezo-ceramic sensor configured to be disposed between the first surface and a second surface. The piezo-ceramic sensor is configured to sense a ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7020540 | Temperature control A method and apparatus are disclosed for controlling temperature of a plant comprising plural temperature control zones, wherein an effective control parameter for a first zone for which a signal representing measured temperature is available is produced according t... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6925354 | Process for the control of an injection-moulding machine Process for the control of an injection-moulding machine and optionally at least one handling apparatus allocated to same in which, in a form guiding the operator, the operating parameters required for an injection cycle to run are entered via an input unit into a d... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6915182 | Method for setting determination conditions used for determining whether molded product is non-defective or defective When a determination condition is set for determining whether a molded product is non-defective or defective, a molding operation is performed a predetermined number of times. In each molding operation, an actual value of at least one monitor item which can serve as... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6839608 | Hybrid model and method for determining mechanical properties and processing properties of an injection-molded part A method of predicting the properties (e.g., mechanical and/or processing properties) of an injection-molded article is disclosed. The method makes use of a hybrid model which includes at least one neural network. In order to forecast (or predict) properties with re... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6691209 | Topological data categorization and formatting for a mass storage system A method and apparatus for storing data in a mass storage system implementing striped RAID technology by topological categorization and ordering of the data according to the topology of the storage areas. A mass storage system includes a mass storage spac... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6687551 | Audio-active communication stations, communication method and communication system with audio-active communication stations A communication subscriber which, as a passive subscriber of a communication system, does not have its own transmission authorization but listens to all the communication processes and can receive only those data items which are also intended for it, whic... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6684264 | Method of simplifying machine operation Apparatus and method for controlling a molding machine includes structure and function for a human machine interface control panel having: (i) a flat panel display screen; (ii) a pointing device; (iii) a plurality of pushbuttons overlaid with or without i... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6668209 | Injection molding machine arrangement Injection-molding machine arrangement comprising at least one injection molding machine with at least one, especially internal, machine control system--especially with a stored program control and/or with associated actuators and/or sensors--for computer-... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6658319 | Molding-condition setting method for an injection molding machine Molding conditions of an injection molding machine are set through performance of virtual molding by CAE. First, actual molding is performed under provisional molding conditions in order to obtain an actual profile showing variation in load pressure actua... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6532397 | Apparatus for taking out molded products An object is to reduce damage to the mechanical parts of a moving mechanism unit 5 for moving a retaining mechanism unit 7 and electric power consumption in an apparatus for taking out a molded product. The apparatus comprises a time measuring unit 4 for ... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6529796 | Closed loop interactive controller An injection mold apparatus has multiple injection zones, each zone having at least one heater and at least one temperature sensor generating a temperature indicating signal. A power source provides power to the heaters. A controller controls the temperat... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6408217 | Computer aided design system and three-dimensional design method using the same and storing medium An injection mold design system for correcting a profile of a product to be fabricated into a releasable profile from a mold to design an injection mold based on a corrected product shape, comprising storing information of product shape and mold profile, ... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6323804 | Method and apparatus for GPS time determination A system for rapidly acquiring a time reference for the location determination of a wireless communication device. The system includes a wireless communication device (200), a GPS satellite (202) and a communication satellite (208). The method comprises t... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6145022 | Injection molding system transferring a selected computer program to a controller of an arbitrary injection molding machine An injection molding system includes a program control section installed outside injection molding machines. The program control section includes a program file section that stores a plurality of different programs in the form of files, and a program tran... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6128548 | Tool-specific control for carousel foam molding system A tool control for operating a tool in a mulitple station foam injection station including a central controller which is configured to use a first set of inquiry signals and a first set of control signals to monitor and control a standard tool, the tool c... | 10/03/2000 |
| 5795511 | Method and apparatus for controlling injection-molding systems Apparatus and method for providing material to a mold, such as in an injection molding system, wherein the settings for controlling the molding operation are retained in a non-volatile memory in a hot-half of the mold. When connected to a system controlle... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5555504 | Production line tracking and quality control system A production line tracking and quality control system and method thereof comprises a series of pallets for carrying one or more first contact lens mold halves or one or more complementary second contact lens mold halves throughout a contact lens fabricati... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5309369 | Operating state monitoring method for injection molding machines A monitoring method capable of properly collectively managing the operating states and operation records of a group of injection molding machines. Monitor data sets delivered from the individual injection molding machines are cyclically detected by means ... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5301120 | Method of collecting data of a group of injection molding machines When collecting data in connection with operational physical values from a plurality of injection molding machines by means of a direct numerical control computer system incorporated in an LAN, for example, when collecting a quality control data, the dire... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5216617 | Group management system for injection molding machines A group management system for injection molding machines, capable of rapidly determining molding conditions of a plurality of injection molding machines. Data is supplied through first to eleventh input devices (13a-33c), which indicates types of molding ... | 06/01/1993 |