Patent ID: 7392970
Filing Date: 2008-07-01
Classification: B29C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for molding a material, comprising: a mold body including a first surface adapted to mold a part and a second surface opposite said first surface; a first plurality of ribs extending from said second surface and defining a plurality of thermal conduction surfaces on said second surface, each thermal conduction surface includes an arched portion flanked by a pair of shoulder portions, each rib separated by a valley adjacent the ribs; and a second plurality of ribs interleaved into the valleys between adjacent ribs with said first plurality of ribs, said second plurality of ribs having end surfaces contacting said shoulder portions displacing said rib end surface a substantially uniform distance from said arched portion of said plurality of thermal conduction surfaces to define a plurality of fluid flow conduits adapted to contain a coolant flow.