Patent ID: 7566216

Claim:
A mold assembly for an injection molding machine having a stationary portion and a moving portion, and a nozzle assembly for conveying a fluid, comprising: a cavity plate associated with the stationary portion, the cavity plate housing a cavity insert for defining (i) a first portion of a mold cavity and (ii) a first portion of a gate for communicating the fluid; a core plate associated with the moving portion, the core plate housing a mold core, the mold core for defining a second portion of the mold cavity; a gate insert plate housing a gate insert for defining (i) a receptacle for the nozzle assembly and (ii) a second portion of the gate, the gate insert being floatably retained within the gate insert plate for allowing the gate insert to float relative to the cavity insert; whereby the gate insert and the cavity insert float relative to one another on an axis generally traverse to a mold clamping axis.