Patent ID: 7553150

Claim:
An injection molding apparatus comprising: a manifold having at least one manifold melt channel for receiving a melt stream of moldable material under pressure; a plurality of nozzles, each nozzle including a nozzle melt channel in fluid communication with said manifold melt channel; a plurality of mold gates, each mold gate being disposed in communication with one of said nozzle melt channels and leading to a mold cavity or plurality of mold cavities; a plurality of valve pins, each valve pin being disposed at least partially within one of said plurality of nozzles; a yoke plate coupled to actuators, wherein said yoke plate and actuators are configured to move said yoke plate in a direction parallel to a longitudinal axis of the valve pins, wherein when said yoke plate is moved, said valve pins move; a first force distributor plate coupled to an end of said valve pins; a second force distributor plate disposed between said first force distributor plate and said yoke plate; and a first plurality of rods disposed between said first force distributor plate and said second force distributor plate.