ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,477, issued on March 11, was assigned to EWIKON HeiBkanalsysteme GmbH (Frankenburg, Germany).
"Hot runner nozzle for lateral gating" was invented by Sebastian Brockhaus (Frankenberg, Germany), Stefan Eimeke (Frankenberg, Germany) and Norbert Zolzer (Vohl, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hot runner nozzle for the lateral gating of plastic components has a nozzle body and a pressure lid. Tip elements are arranged between the nozzle body and the pressure lid, which are each inserted into a recess of the nozzle body and are each penetrated by a movable closure needle having a tip, which in at least one operating position protru...