Patents by Inventor Brett Allan Thielman

Brett Allan Thielman 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).

  • System, apparatus, and method for mold starter block alignment
    Patent number: 10875087
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: WAGSTAFF, INC.
    Inventors: Loren Keith Bodeau, Craig Richard Cordill, Brett Allan Thielman