Patent ID: 7810549

Claim:
A hot runner manifold assembly for use in a metal casting apparatus, the hot runner manifold assembly being positioned between a molten metal delivery component and a mold cavity of a die, the hot runner manifold assembly comprising: a manifold body having an inlet in fluid communication with the molten metal delivery component, first and second outlets fluidly connected to the inlet via first and second passageways, respectively, and first and second hot runner connectors disposed at least partially in the first and second outlets, respectively; and a support ring having a notch disposed on the die; wherein at least one hot runner connector includes a hot runner body disposed in the support ring and having an inlet end and an outlet end, a hot runner tip disposed next to the mold cavity and received in the outlet end, a hot runner body insulator ring disposed between the hot runner body and the notch of the support ring such that the support ring does not engage the hot runner body and does not actuate the hot runner body insulator ring, and a nozzle tip insulator ring disposed between the hot runner tip and the die, wherein the hot runner body and hot runner tip do not contact the die.