US Patent Issued to Arris Composites on May 27 for "Molding apparatus with combined core plunger/ejector and methods therefor" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,619, issued on May 27, was assigned to Arris Composites Inc. (Berkeley, Calif.).

"Molding apparatus with combined core plunger/ejector and methods therefor" was invented by Sam Pirahanchi (Novato, Calif.) and Erick Davidson (Piedmont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A molding apparatus for injection molding or compression molding includes an "A" portion of a mold, a "B" portion of the mold, and at least one core plunger/ejector. The core plunger/ejector provides dual functionality, wherein it participates in molding operations by consolidating a feed material in the mold cavity, and also is responsible for separating the part f...