Patents Examined by Kevin E Yoon
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Die casting machine with a die casting mold for producing metal die cast parts, and operating method
Patent number: 10926322Abstract: A die casting machine with a die casting mold produces metal die cast parts. The die casting machine has a first machine shield, to which a first mold half of the die casting mold is secured, and a second machine shield, to which a second mold half of the die casting mold is secured. In order to compensate for the deflection of the machine shields, an intermediate plate which has at least two temperature-controlling devices that can be used to generate a temperature difference leading to the curving of the intermediate plate is arranged between the first machine shield and the first mold half and/or between the second machine shield and the second mold half.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2020Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventor: Thomas Steiner -
Patent number: 10926320Abstract: A transition plate for use in a direct chill (DC) casting system comprises a substantially annular body having an upper face and a lower face. At least a lower part of the body adjacent the lower face is made of a gas permeable refractory material, whereby gas can pass through the gas permeable refractory material and escape from the transition plate through at least the lower face.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Pyrotek Engineering Materials LimitedInventor: Mark Vincent
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Patent number: 10919085Abstract: The subject matter of the invention is mold material mixtures for producing molds or cores for metal casting, consisting of at least one refractory base mold material, a binder and an additive based on factice. The invention also relates to a component system, a method for producing molds and cores using the mold material mixtures or the component system respectively, and to molds and cores produced by said method.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2018Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: ASK Chemicals GmbHInventors: Ingrid Ernst, Christian Priebe, Michael Richters
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Patent number: 10919087Abstract: The moulding machine includes a moulding chamber having at least one chamber end wall (8) provided with a pattern plate adapted to form a pattern in a mould part and associated with a reference pattern block positioned in fixed relationship to a pattern of said pattern plate and adapted to form a reference pattern in an external face of a mould part. A detection system detects the position of a pattern face of the reference pattern of the sand mould part. A transverse and/or a rotational compaction position of a pattern plate is adjustable by means of at least one actuator (91, 92, 119). Said actuators are controlled by means of a control system on the basis of successive position detections performed by the detection system of pattern faces of reference patterns of compacted sand mould parts travelling along said path of travel.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2017Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: DISA INDUSTRIES A/SInventors: Per Larsen, Christoffer Bay, Jørn Johansen, Christian Dam, Flemming Floro Hagemann
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Patent number: 10913109Abstract: Provided is vertical semi-continuous casting equipment including a guide device disposed under the mold to support the slab drawn from the plate, the guide device being configured to guide the descending of the slab. The guide device includes first and second guide parts including a plurality of guide rolls respectively disposed on both sides of a moving path of the plate under the mold to support the slab moving by the plate and guide the movement of the slab and a braking unit connected to each of the guide rolls to apply braking force to the guide roll that rotates by the movement of the slab. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, the slab having the length longer than that of the slab in accordance with the related art may stably descend, the shaking of the slab may be prevented, and the casting speed may be stabilized.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2015Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: POSCOInventors: Kyung Shik Oh, Young Hoon Kang, Joo Dong Lee, Ki Hwan Joung, Un Kwan Cho
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Patent number: 10906567Abstract: A process for producing a coupler knuckle and an improved coupler knuckle design are provided. The process produces a coupler knuckle by constructing a mold having the shape of the coupler knuckle. The mold is coated with a material that is resistant to melting at the molten melt temperatures of the molten metal used to form the knuckle. With the mold coated, the cavities in the mold interior are filled by placing an inert material therein. The molten metal used for forming the knuckle contacts the mold and consumes it, while the coating serves to provide a shape for the knuckle.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Pennsy CorporationInventors: Zachary Brook, Manuel Tavares
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Patent number: 10906092Abstract: A flaskless molding machine includes: an upper flask; a lower flask; an upper sand tank; an upper plate attached to a lower end of the upper sand tank; a first lower sand tank; a second lower sand tank; a lower plate attached to an upper end of the second lower sand tank; a drive unit performing squeezing using the upper plate and the lower plate; an adjustment drive unit moving the first lower sand tank; a first detector detecting a height position of the first lower sand tank; a second detector detecting a height position of the second lower sand tank; and a control unit operating the drive unit and the adjustment drive unit so that the height positions of the first communication port and the second communication port coincide with each other, based on detection results of the first detector and the second detector.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2017Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.Inventors: Koichi Sakaguchi, Tokiya Terabe, Tatsumi Fujita
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Patent number: 10906091Abstract: A sand casting mold configured to cast a component and a method of forming the sand casting mold configured to cast the component by 3D printing are disclosed. The sand casting mold includes: an upper portion and a lower portion; a mold cavity defined by the upper portion and the lower portion; an upper sprue in the upper portion; a lower sprue which is in the lower portion and is in communication with the upper sprue; an upper runner which is in the upper portion, is separated from the upper sprue by a predetermined distance, and is in communication with the mold cavity; and a lower runner which is in the lower portion, is in communication with the lower sprue, is separated from the mold cavity in the lower portion, and has a first end in communication with the lower sprue, and a second end in communication with the upper runner. With the sand casting mold configured to cast the component according to the embodiments of the present invention, for example, a production cost can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Danfoss (Tianjin) Ltd.Inventors: Jiangbo Lin, Chengshui Huang, Sanxiang Liu, Xiaokun Ji, Mickael Bron
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Patent number: 10906096Abstract: A process for directional solidification of a cast part comprises energizing a primary inductive coil coupled to a chamber having a mold containing a material; generating an electromagnetic field with the primary inductive coil within the chamber, wherein said electromagnetic field is partially attenuated by a susceptor coupled to said chamber between said primary inductive coil and said mold; determining a magnetic flux profile of the electromagnetic field after it passes through the susceptor; sensing a component of the magnetic flux in the interior of the susceptor proximate the mold; positioning a mobile secondary compensation coil within the chamber; generating a control field from a secondary compensation coil, wherein said control field controls said magnetic flux; and casting the material within the mold.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: Thomas Anthony Rebbecchi, Joseph V. Mantese, Ryan C. Breneman, Andrew Boyne, John Joseph Marcin, Dustin W. Davis, David Ulrich Furrer, James Tilsley Auxier
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Patent number: 10906093Abstract: A continuous casting device having multi-stage convergence control is disclosed. Cooling surfaces of the continuous casting device can be articulated in stages, providing individual convergence control to longitudinally spaced-apart regions of the casting cavity. In a proximal region, during which the molten metal exhibits solidification shrinkage, a first convergence profile can be used to optimally account for the solidification shrinkage. In a subsequent distal region, a second convergence profile can be used, such as to provide optimal control of exit temperature of the continuously cast article. Multi-stage convergence control can be achieved through individually articulatable cooling pads or other supports positioned opposite the cooling surfaces from the casting cavity to displace the cooling surfaces and thereby adjust the convergence profile of the casting cavity.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2018Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: NOVELIS INC.Inventor: Simon William Barker
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Patent number: 10907269Abstract: An induction furnace assembly comprising a chamber having a mold; a primary inductive coil coupled to the chamber; a layered susceptor comprising at least two layers of magnetic field attenuating material surrounding the chamber between the primary inductive coil and the mold to nullify the electromagnetic field in the hot zone of the furnace chamber.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: Joseph V. Mantese, Ryan C. Breneman, Thomas Anthony Rebbecchi, Andrew Boyne, John Joseph Marcin, Dustin W. Davis, David Ulrich Furrer, James Tilsley Auxier
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Patent number: 10907270Abstract: A process for directional solidification of a cast part comprises energizing a primary inductive coil coupled to a chamber having a mold containing a material; energizing a primary inductive coil within the chamber to heat the mold via radiation from a susceptor, wherein the resultant electromagnetic field partially leaks through the susceptor coupled to the chamber between the primary inductive coil and the mold; determining a magnetic flux profile of the electromagnetic field; sensing a magnetic flux leakage past the susceptor within the chamber; generating a control field from a secondary compensation coil coupled to the chamber, wherein the control field controls the magnetic flux experienced by the cast part; and casting the material within the mold under the controlled degree of flux leakage.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: Joseph V. Mantese, Thomas Anthony Rebbecchi, Ryan C. Breneman, Andrew Boyne, John Joseph Marcin, Dustin W. Davis, David Ulrich Furrer, James Tilsley Auxier
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Patent number: 10894287Abstract: An injection assembly for a die-casting machine includes an injection piston for which a desired speed (Vset) is defined during a metal injection step. The piston is moved by an injection delivery valve and an injection drain valve, controlled in opening according to a tuning speed (Vreg). A system of auto-tuning of the opening of the valves is provided. The tuning speed (Vreg) is determined according to the difference between the desired speed (Vset) for the piston and an effective speed (Veff) of the piston, detected for the previous die-casting cycle.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2018Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: ITALPRESSE INDUSTRIE S.P.AInventor: Andrea Pezzoli
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Patent number: 10894286Abstract: A high-pressure die casting apparatus including a shot sleeve extending through a first die half to a molding surface, and a plunger received in the shot sleeve is provided. The shot sleeve includes a side wall presenting a fluid passageway and a partial end wall disposed in a fixed position relative to the side wall. The partial end wall defines a wall opening adjacent the molding surface. Fluid is poured into the shot sleeve while the die apparatus is open, and the partial end wall prevents the fluid from flowing out of the shot sleeve. The plunger then presses the material into the mold cavity until only a portion of the material remains in the shot sleeve and blocks the wall opening. After the solidified material is ejected from the apparatus, the portion of material blocking the wall opening prevents lubricant from entering the shot sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2018Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: Magna International Inc.Inventors: Richard John Wilkes, Owen Michael Zelina, Xiaoping Niu
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Patent number: 10888919Abstract: A core forming device is equipped with a kneading tank in which raw materials of a core are kneaded, a raw material supply unit that supplies the raw materials to the kneading tank, a mold that accommodates a kneaded material including the raw materials kneaded in the kneading tank and that forms the core, a piston that injects the kneaded material into the mold, a position sensor that detects a position of the piston, and a control unit that controls a supply amount of the raw materials supplied to the kneading tank from the raw material supply unit. The control unit determines the supply amount of the raw materials based on a difference between the position of the piston upon completion of injection and a reference position of the piston.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2017Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sintokogio, Ltd.Inventors: Katsutoshi Okumura, Hirotsune Watanabe, Shogo Izumi, Hirotaka Kurita, Katsushige Yamamoto
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Patent number: 10888922Abstract: A casting apparatus for producing castings using molds each having a sprue, comprising a mold-conveying means for conveying molds each containing a melt poured through the sprue; nozzles each having a gas-introducing opening attachable to and detachable from the sprue; nozzle-attaching/detaching means each moving each nozzle to attach and detach the gas-introducing opening to and from the sprue; moving means for moving the nozzle-attaching/detaching means, such that the nozzle-attaching/detaching means moves following a mold conveyed by the mold-conveying means, while keeping the connection of the gas-introducing opening to the sprue by the nozzle-attaching/detaching means; and a gas supply means connected to each nozzle for supplying a gas to the gas-introducing opening.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2016Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Kiyoshi Suehara, Hidenori Takahashi, Toru Iwanaga, Yutaka Morita
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Patent number: 10882103Abstract: A centrifugal casting apparatus is provided. The centrifugal casting apparatus includes an upper mold machined to have an inner contour used to form an upper side surface of a casting, and a lower mold machined to have an inner contour used to form a lower side surface of the casting. An upper motor provides power to rotate the upper mold and a lower motor provides power to rotate the lower mold. The upper motor and the lower motor are operated independently of each other.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Mun-Gu Kang, Young-Chan Kim, Min-Soo Kim, Hee-Sam Kang
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Patent number: 10875088Abstract: A die casting insert for producing die casted metal parts from liquid metal. The die casting insert has an outer casing shaped to be fixed in the die block of the die casting apparatus. The die casting insert also has a stopper with a purge opening that is adapted to evacuate contaminants topping the liquid metal as pressure is applied to the liquid metal. The stopper, fitted to mate with the hollow inner cavity of the injection sleeve, is constructed to seal the hollow inner cavity of the injection sleeve except at the purge opening when in a first position; and to permit the flow of the liquid metal into at least one molding cavity when the stopper is in a second position. The die casting insert also has an activation mechanism configured to shift the stopper between the first position and the second position.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: VINET MICRO-TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventor: Alain Vinet
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Patent number: 10875086Abstract: A flask for containing mold sand within it prevents any mold shifting or mold dropping. Each of an upper flask 2 and a lower flask 3 includes a body that defines an opening in which a sand mold is to be molded. The body has at least one inlet 101 for introducing the mold sand into the opening. Two flanges 102 are extended from the body such that they are opposed to each other across the opening. Each flange has a through bore. The flask also includes engaging members for engaging an actuator in the outside of the flask such that a force or forces from said actuator could be transmitted to the flask. An upper flask 104 and a lower flask 105 are opposed to each other across a pattern plate 107. They are integrally assembled to make a flask unit by means of a pair of connecting rods 106 that are fitted in each bore.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: SINTOKOGIO, LTD.Inventor: Minoru Hirata
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Patent number: 10875087Abstract: Provided herein is a system, apparatus, and method for aligning a continuous casting mold and a starter block. The continuous casting mold alignment system may include: a continuous casting mold; a mold frame supporting the continuous casting mold; a starter block; and at least one bearing assembly. The at least one bearing assembly is movable between a lowered position and a raised position, where the at least one bearing assembly, in the raised position, engages and supports one of the continuous casting mold or the starter block. The at least one bearing assembly, in the raised position, enables the one of the continuous casting mold or the starter block to be moved into alignment with the other of the continuous casting mold or the starter block by a force below a predefined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2020Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: WAGSTAFF, INC.Inventors: Loren Keith Bodeau, Craig Richard Cordill, Brett Allan Thielman