ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,587, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Moxietec LLC (Grove City, Pa.).
"Shut-off nozzle for injection molding" was invented by Abolfazl Mohebbi (Mississauga, Canada), Donald Jordan (Townville, Pa.), Nathan David Albensi (Meadville, Pa.) and Robert Alan Sickles Jr. (Carlton, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are novel methods for forming a polymer part including providing an injection molding system with a shut-off nozzle, where the shut-off nozzle includes a main body, a nozzle tip body, a flow path through the main body and the nozzle tip body, a nozzle tip, and a shut-off mechanism. The nozzle tip includes an inter...