Patents Examined by Steven Ha
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Patent number: 9370821Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 4, 2011Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignees: GEORG FISCHER AUTOMOTIVE (SUZHOU) CO LTD, GEORG FISCHER GMBH & CO KG, GEORG FISCHER DRUCKGUSS GMBH & CO KG, GEORG FISCHER GMBHInventors: Ignaz Huber, Johannes Wunder, Michael Guenzel, Sebastien Nissle
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Patent number: 9364890Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 31, 2014Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: ATI PROPERTIES, INC.Inventors: John W. Foltz, IV, Raul A. Martinez-Ayers, Aaron L. Fosdick
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Patent number: 9364891Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 26, 2013Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Inventor: Kenzo Takahashi
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Patent number: 9358607Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 13, 2013Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: Kobe Steel, Ltd.Inventors: Hitoshi Ishida, Ryutaro Wada, Yukinobu Natsume
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Patent number: 9352384Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 27, 2014Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Drew Howell, Matthew Pettus
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Patent number: 9352386Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 3, 2015Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche S.P.A.Inventors: Fabio Guastini, Andrea Codutti, Michele Minen, Fabio Vecchiet
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Patent number: 9352390Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 30, 2014Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignee: JI ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRY (HUI ZHOU) CO., LTD.Inventors: Tang-Quan Chen, Xian-He Li, Yi-Min Jiang
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Patent number: 9339867Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 2, 2012Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: Mold-Thix-Consulting Bueltermann GmbHInventor: Bernd Bültermann
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Patent number: 9339866Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 7, 2013Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Assignee: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.Inventors: Shigeyoshi Kato, Hisashi Harada
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Patent number: 9339869Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 18, 2012Date of Patent: May 17, 2016Inventor: Konstantin Chuntonov
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Patent number: 9309584Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 16, 2014Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 9296030Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 13, 2014Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: Cosma Engineering Europe AGInventors: Andreas Stranz, Alexander Zak
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Patent number: 9296255Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 9, 2008Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: Herrmann Ultraschalltechnik GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Ulrich Vogler, Klaus Schick
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Patent number: 9296027Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 11, 2011Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: SIEMENS VAI METALS TECHNOLOGIES GMBHInventors: Gerald Eckerstorfer, Gerald Hohenbichler, Josef Watzinger
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Patent number: 9289823Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 10, 2014Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventors: 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
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Patent number: 9289807Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 10, 2011Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: SIEMENS VAI METALS TECHNOLOGIES GMBHInventors: Gerald Eckerstorfer, Gerald Hohenbichler, Josef Watzinger
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Patent number: 9254531Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 21, 2009Date of Patent: February 9, 2016Assignee: KMW Inc.Inventors: Duk-Yong Kim, Yoon-Yong Kim, Hee-Sung Go
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Patent number: 9248496Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 4, 2011Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignees: Georg Fischer Automotive (Suzhou) Co Ltd, Georg Fischer GmbH & Co KG, Georg Fischer Druckguss GmbH & Co KG, Georg Fischer GmbHInventors: Ignaz Huber, Johannes Wunder, Michael Guenzel, Sebastien Nissle
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Patent number: 9242293Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 25, 2013Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: SMS GROUP GMBHInventors: Juergen Seidel, Peter Sudau
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Patent number: 9221096Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 11, 2013Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: ATI PROPERTIES, INC.Inventors: John W. Foltz, IV, Raul A. Martinez-Ayers, Aaron L. Fosdick