Patents by Inventor Marcie M. Hinker

Marcie M. Hinker 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).

  • Shroud for billet casting
    Patent number: 11148192
    Abstract: Methods of billet casting are provided herein. The methods may include the steps of assembling a billet caster with a shroud extending from a tundish to above a mold such that the shroud does not reach molten metal in the mold, delivering molten metal from a ladle into the tundish, delivering molten metal from the tundish through the shroud to the mold, the shroud inhibiting contact between the molten metal and air, casting the molten metal into billets in the mold and cooling the billets below the mold with a coolant spray, and delivering the cooled billet to a runout table to be cut to length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Nucor Corporation
    Inventors: David J. Sosinsky, Marcie M. Hinker
  • Shroud for billet casting
    Publication number: 20200038943
    Abstract: Methods of billet casting are provided herein. The methods may include the steps of assembling a billet caster with a shroud extending from a tundish to above a mold such that the shroud does not reach molten metal in the mold, delivering molten metal from a ladle into the tundish, delivering molten metal from the tundish through the shroud to the mold, the shroud inhibiting contact between the molten metal and air, casting the molten metal into billets in the mold and cooling the billets below the mold with a coolant spray, and delivering the cooled billet to a runout table to be cut to length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: David J. SOSINSKY, Marcie M. HINKER
  • Methods of billet casting
    Patent number: 10478890
    Abstract: Methods of billet casting are provided herein. The methods may include the steps of assembling a billet caster with a shroud extending from a tundish to above a mold such that the shroud does not reach molten metal in the mold, delivering molten metal from a ladle into the tundish, delivering molten metal from the tundish through the shroud to the mold, the shroud inhibiting contact between the molten metal and air, casting the molten metal into billets in the mold and cooling the billets below the mold with a coolant spray, and delivering the cooled billet to a runout table to be cut to length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Nucor Corporation
    Inventors: David J. Sosinsky, Marcie M. Hinker