Patents by Inventor Ulrich Snadny

Ulrich Snadny has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8267153
    Abstract: A continuous casting mold for the continuous casting of a metal strand, particularly a steel strand, comprising mutually opposing wide side walls and mutually opposing narrow side walls which are disposed in a clamped manner between the wide side walls and can be displaced along the wide side walls transversely to the casting direction and taper in a wedge-shaped manner in the casting direction, wherein the wide side walls comprise a funnel-shaped pouring region extending in the casting direction to the mold end, and wherein the narrow side walls are disposed in an exchangeable manner according to the thickness to be set for the metal strand to be cast, and wherein the positions of the narrow sides can be set by means of a narrow side adjustment system (7) having an upper and an lower adjustment device (8, 9) in relation to the center line (11) of the metal strand to be cast, characterized in that the narrow side adjustment system (7) comprises at least one control element (12, 13), which acts on the adjustme
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: SMS Siemag Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jörn Hoffmeister, Michael Dreis, Ulrich Snadny
  • Publication number: 20110259543
    Abstract: A continuous casting mold for the continuous casting of a metal strand, particularly a steel strand, comprising mutually opposing wide side walls and mutually opposing narrow side walls which are disposed in a clamped manner between the wide side walls and can be displaced along the wide side walls transversely to the casting direction and taper in a wedge-shaped manner in the casting direction, wherein the wide side walls comprise a funnel-shaped pouring region extending in the casting direction to the mould end, and wherein the narrow side walls are disposed in an exchangeable manner according to the thickness to be set for the metal strand to be cast, and wherein the positions of the narrow sides can be set by means of a narrow side adjustment system (7) having an upper and an lower adjustment device (8, 9) in relation to the center line (11) of the metal strand to be cast, characterized in that the narrow side adjustment system (7) comprises at least one control element (12, 13), which acts on the adjustm
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: SMS SIEMAG AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Jorn Hoffmeister, Michael Dreis, Ulrich Snadny
  • Patent number: 7500510
    Abstract: An oscillating device for continuous casting molds (1) for casting molten metal particularly, molten steel material includes a plurality of springs (5) or spring assemblies (5a) extending between a stationary mold frame (2) and connection or fixing points (4) for supporting a continuous casting mold (1) and are set in control oscillations such as, e.g., resonance oscillations by drive pairs, wherein by using of springs (5), spring assemblies (5a) or spring bundles (5b) formed of fiber composites (6), damaging corrosion by chemicals during continuous casting is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: SMS Demag AG
    Inventors: Horst von Wyl, Joern Hoffmeister, Alfons Krausa, Ulrich Snadny, Ingo Schuster
  • Publication number: 20070209775
    Abstract: An oscillating device for continuous casting molds (1) for casting molten metal particularly, molten steel material includes a plurality of springs (5) or spring assemblies (5a) extending between a stationary mold frame (2) and connection or fixing points (4) for supporting a continuous casting mold (1) and are set in control oscillations such as, e.g., resonance oscillations by drive pairs, wherein by using of springs (5), spring assemblies (5a) or spring bundles (5b) formed of fiber composites (6), damaging corrosion by chemicals during continuous casting is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Inventors: Horst von Wyl, Joern Hoffmeister, Alfons Krausa, Ulrich Snadny, Ingo Schuster