Patent classifications
B29K2105/203
Molded solid surfaces including ferrous material
A method of manufacturing a molded solid surface includes mixing ferrous particles into a resinous material, injecting the resinous material including the ferrous particles into a mold, the mold including an upper mold half and a lower mold half, creating a predetermined pattern in the resinous material by applying a force to the ferrous particles in the resinous material toward a surface of the upper mold half or the lower mold half using one or more magnets, and curing the resinous material in the mold into the molded solid surface.
Rotor and method for manufacturing rotor
A rotor includes a rotor core including multiple housing holes, multiple magnets accommodated in the housing holes, and multiple plastic portions. Each plastic portion is formed by plastic that fills corresponding one of the housing holes and fixes the corresponding magnet to the rotor core. Each plastic portion includes an end face exposed from an opening of the corresponding housing hole. A gate mark is formed in the end face. A quotient obtained by dividing an area of the end face of each plastic portion by an area of the gate mark is in a range of 24 to 150.