Patents Examined by Steven Ha
  • Patent number: 9370821
    Abstract: A die cast part of a die casting mold having at least one first component comprising a pressure zone, at least one second component and at least one heat exchange chamber permeated by a fluid and formed by the components for controlling the temperature of the pressure zone. The first component comprises a heat transfer surface integral to at least one wall of the heat exchange chamber and thermally associated with the pressure zone, and the pressure zone bounds at least one region of the gate region. The second component comprises at least one fluid guiding protrusion protruding into the heat transfer chamber and/or a fluid guiding recess open toward the first component. The fluid guiding recess forms at least one portion of the heat exchange chamber and/or the fluid guiding protrusion and/or the fluid guiding recess forms a flow contour surface of the second component in particular adapted to the curve of the heat transfer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignees: GEORG FISCHER AUTOMOTIVE (SUZHOU) CO LTD, GEORG FISCHER GMBH & CO KG, GEORG FISCHER DRUCKGUSS GMBH & CO KG, GEORG FISCHER GMBH
    Inventors: Ignaz Huber, Johannes Wunder, Michael Guenzel, Sebastien Nissle
  • Patent number: 9364890
    Abstract: Various enhanced features are provided for centrifugal casting apparatuses, rotatable assemblies, and molds for casting products from molten material. These enhanced features include, among others, tapered gate portions positioned adjacent to the cavities of a mold, extended and shared gating systems, and detachable mold structures for modifying the thermodynamic characteristics and behavior of molds during casting operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: ATI PROPERTIES, INC.
    Inventors: John W. Foltz, IV, Raul A. Martinez-Ayers, Aaron L. Fosdick
  • Patent number: 9364891
    Abstract: A molding device includes a mold that forms a casting by cooling received melt, and a stirring unit that applies a magnetic field to the melt in the mold and allows a current to flow in the melt. The mold forms a vertical casting space that includes an inlet into which the melt flows and an outlet from which a product is taken. A transition plate is disposed at the mold space inlet. The melt can flow into the casting space from a hole in the transition plate. The stirring unit includes a magnetic field unit making lines of magnetic force vertically run into the casting space, and a first electrode at the inlet side and a second electrode at the outlet side that can flow current through the melt in the casting space, and generate an electromagnetic force by making the flowing current cross the lines of magnetic force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Inventor: Kenzo Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9358607
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a boron-containing aluminum plate material comprises: a spreading step for spreading boron-containing alloy particles (3) in the shape of a layer over a bottom plate (2) placed in a container (1); a preheating step for preheating both the container (1) and a tundish (6) mounted on the container (1); a casting step for enveloped-casting the layer of the boron-containing alloy particles (3) in the container (1) with molten aluminum (10) by pouring the molten aluminum (10) into the tundish (6) to manufacture an enveloped-cast plate (14) with a predetermined thickness; and a cutting step for cutting off shrinkage cavities (13) occurring in a feeder section (12) of the upper portion of the enveloped-cast plate (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Ishida, Ryutaro Wada, Yukinobu Natsume
  • Patent number: 9352384
    Abstract: A casting apparatus for forming a cylinder head. The apparatus is configured to inhibit gate stick by promoting top-down directional solidification of molten metal in the mold cavity by any one or more of specific placement of gate pins in relation to apertures used to deliver molten metal to the mold cavity, circulating a cooling medium through the gate pins in a parallel fashion, configuring the gates so that a volume on the lower side of the gate is larger than a volume on the upper side of the gate, and insulating the inside surfaces of feeder lids and feeder bowls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Drew Howell, Matthew Pettus
  • Patent number: 9352386
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for controlling the distribution of liquid metal flows of in a crystallizer for the continuous casting of thin slabs. In particular, the process applies to a crystallizer comprising perimetral walls which define a containment volume for a liquid metal bath insertable through a discharger placed in the middle of the bath. The process includes arranging a plurality of electromagnetic brakes, each for generating a braking zone within said bath, and activating these electromagnetic brakes either independently or in groups according to characteristic parameters of the fluid-dynamic conditions of the liquid metal within the bath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.P.A.
    Inventors: Fabio Guastini, Andrea Codutti, Michele Minen, Fabio Vecchiet
  • Patent number: 9352390
    Abstract: A vacuum container includes a connecting chamber a valve chamber, a discharging chamber, and a sealing member. The connecting chamber defines an inclined sealing surface. The discharging chamber defines a discharging passage therein. The valve chamber interconnects the connecting chamber and the discharging chamber. The sealing member is slidably received in the valve chamber, wherein the sealing member is configured for sliding toward the sealing surface, such that the sealing member resists the inclined sealing surface to hermetically isolate the connecting chamber from the discharging chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: JI ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRY (HUI ZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tang-Quan Chen, Xian-He Li, Yi-Min Jiang
  • Patent number: 9339867
    Abstract: A device for die-casting metal material, including a screw unit for bringing the material into a thixotropic state and a cylinder/piston unit fed by the screw unit for applying pressure to the thixotropic material for the die casting, wherein a thermally controllable valve is arranged between the screw unit and the cylinder/piston unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Mold-Thix-Consulting Bueltermann GmbH
    Inventor: Bernd Bültermann
  • Patent number: 9339866
    Abstract: The core sand filling method comprises a step of operating an aeration air supply means, so as to float and fluidize core sand within a sand blow chamber and, when a pressure Pf of the sand blow chamber measured by the first pressure sensor reaches a first pressure, operating a compressed air supply means and a step of stopping the aeration air supply means and compressed air supply means from operating when each of the pressure Pf within the sand blow chamber and a pressure Pc within a sand storage chamber is a second pressure or higher while a differential pressure ?P=Pc?Pf is a third pressure or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeyoshi Kato, Hisashi Harada
  • Patent number: 9339869
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for the production of shaped reactive alloys are disclosed. The shaped reactive alloys are obtained by controlled droplet casting in inert atmosphere, wherein the droplets are produced by using mechanical force on a metallic ampoule containing the molten alloy. The manufacture of gas sorbent and elements for vacuum systems according to the above method are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Inventor: Konstantin Chuntonov
  • Patent number: 9309584
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a base material for high temperature alloy and a process for manufacturing the same. The base material includes following components (by weight): 10-45% Cr, 0.5-12% Nb, 0.7-2.5% Ti, ?9.0% Mo, ?8.0% W, ?2% Mn, ?1.0% Si, ?2.0% Al, ?0.5% C, ?0.032% O, ?0.032% N,?0.01% S, ?0.02% P, and balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities. The process for manufacturing the base material for high temperature alloy includes following steps: providing raw materials according to the target composition; charging the raw materials in a crucible uniformly layer and layer according to a certain sequence, smelting in vacuum condition; after the materials being melted completely, holding the melt at a temperature; and casting ingot, and cooling to obtain a base material for high temperature alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: NINGXIA ORIENT TANTALUM INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoying Song, Quanxin Nie, Xun Liang, Weiping Xie, Zhangjun Bai, Bing Zhao, Mingyang Li, Dong Mu, Li Wang, Peng Wan
  • Patent number: 9296030
    Abstract: With the invention, a method and device for explosive forming of work pieces, in which at least one work piece is arranged in at least one die and deformed by means of an explosive to be ignited, is to be improved, in that an ignition mechanism that is technically simple to handle, is produced with the shortest possible setup time, which permits the most precise possible ignition of the explosive with time-repeatable accuracy. This task is solved by a method and device, in which at least one work piece is arranged in at least one die and deformed by means of an explosive to be ignited, in which the explosive is ignited by means of induction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Cosma Engineering Europe AG
    Inventors: Andreas Stranz, Alexander Zak
  • Patent number: 9296255
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device for the ultrasonic processing of a workpiece using an ultrasonic resonator and optionally a counter-die, the workpiece lying against the ultrasonic resonator and the ultrasonic resonator having a converter, a booster and a sonotrode. According to the disclosure, an additional booster is provided between the converter and the sonotrode and both boosters carry a holder for the ultrasonic resonator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Herrmann Ultraschalltechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ulrich Vogler, Klaus Schick
  • Patent number: 9296027
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for continuously or semi-continuously producing hot steel strip which, starting from a slab guided through a slab-guiding device, is rolled in a roughing train having at least four-stands, the method comprising: casting a slab in a die, the slab being reduced to a thickness of between 60 and 95 mm in a liquid core reduction process by the adjoining slab-guiding device, a slab support length measured between the meniscus, i.e., the bath level, of the die and an end of the slab-guiding device facing the roughing train being between 12 m and 15.5 m, and a casting speed ranging from 3.8 to 7 m/min. The disclosed combination of casting parameters may ensure that the crater tip of the slab extends to the vicinity of the end of the slab-guiding device independently of the respective maximum casting speeds which are dependent on the particular grade of material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS VAI METALS TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Gerald Eckerstorfer, Gerald Hohenbichler, Josef Watzinger
  • Patent number: 9289823
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a component in a die casting cell that includes a die casting system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, isolating a first chamber from a second chamber of the die casting system, melting a charge of material in the first chamber, sealing the second chamber relative to the first chamber, and simultaneously injecting the charge of material within the second chamber to cast the component and melting a second charge of material within the first chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Mario P. Bochiechio, John Joseph Marcin, Carl R. Verner, John F. Blondin, Mark F. Bartholomew, Raymond P. Ristau, Kevin W. Chittenden, Gary M. Tamiso, Robert C. Renaud, Dennis M. Kraemer, Robert E. LeBrun, Paul R. Zamjohn, Charles A. Roohr, Kerry Kozaczuk, Roy A. Garrison, Steven J. Bullied
  • Patent number: 9289807
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for continuously or semi-continuously producing hot steel strip which, starting from a slab guided through a slab-guiding device, is rolled in, for example, an at least four-stand roughing train to form an intermediate strip and, in a further sequence in a finish rolling train, into a final strip. The thickness of a slab cast in a die is reduced in the liquid core reduction process by means of the adjoining slab-guiding device to between 85 and 120 mm, a slab support length measured between the meniscus, i.e., the bath level, of the die and an end of the slab-guiding device facing the roughing train being at least 18.5 m, a casting speed ranging from 3.8 to 7 m/min, and slabs of different thicknesses being cast as a function of given casting speeds. Using the disclosed casting parameters, high-quality finishing may be provided with high production capacities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS VAI METALS TECHNOLOGIES GMBH
    Inventors: Gerald Eckerstorfer, Gerald Hohenbichler, Josef Watzinger
  • Patent number: 9254531
    Abstract: Provided is a method for mounting a Printed Circuit Board (PCB). The method includes providing a solder cream on a predetermined region of a bottom surface of the PCB except for a region requiring insulation, mounting the PCB on a mounting region of a housing on which the PCB is to be mounted, and fixedly coupling the PCB to the housing by melting and hardening the solder cream provided on the bottom surface of the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: KMW Inc.
    Inventors: Duk-Yong Kim, Yoon-Yong Kim, Hee-Sung Go
  • Patent number: 9248496
    Abstract: The invention relates to a die cast part (8, 9, 10, 11, 12) of a die casting mold (5, 6, 7), having at least one first component (13, 15, 17, 19, 21) comprising a pressure zone (24, 25, 40, 60), at least one second component (14, 16, 18, 20, 22) and at least one heat exchange chamber (27, 36, 43, 51, 55, 62) permeated by a fluid and formed by the components (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22) for controlling the temperature of the pressure zone (24, 25, 40, 60), wherein the first component (13, 15, 17, 19, 21) comprises a heat transfer surface (34, 41, 61) integral to at least one wall of the heat exchange chamber (27, 36, 43, 51, 55, 62) and thermally associated with the pressure zone (24, 25, 40, 60).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignees: Georg Fischer Automotive (Suzhou) Co Ltd, Georg Fischer GmbH & Co KG, Georg Fischer Druckguss GmbH & Co KG, Georg Fischer GmbH
    Inventors: Ignaz Huber, Johannes Wunder, Michael Guenzel, Sebastien Nissle
  • Patent number: 9242293
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing a metal strip (1) in a plant, comprising a continuous casting plant (2), a first furnace (3), a second furnace (4) and an adjoining rolling mill (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: SMS GROUP GMBH
    Inventors: Juergen Seidel, Peter Sudau
  • Patent number: 9221096
    Abstract: A centrifugal casting apparatus includes a rotatable assembly to rotate about a rotation axis. The rotatable assembly includes a sprue chamber positioned about the rotation axis and is shaped to receive a supply of molten material. A first gate and a second gate are positioned to receive molten material from the sprue chamber in a general direction of centrifugal force. A first cavity and a second cavity are stacked and are respectively positioned to receive molten material from the first gate and the second gate in the general direction of centrifugal force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: ATI PROPERTIES, INC.
    Inventors: John W. Foltz, IV, Raul A. Martinez-Ayers, Aaron L. Fosdick