Patents by Inventor Mike Komicki

Mike Komicki 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).

  • Automated variable dimension mold and bottom block system
    Patent number: 9545662
    Abstract: A molten metal mold and bottom block system, including apparatus and method embodiments, which may include a mold cavity framework with a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a third side, and a fourth side opposite the third side, each side including an inner surface and the inner surfaces defining a mold cavity, and wherein one or more of the sides are movably mounted relative to the second side, and are controllably moved during the casting. This system may also include embodiments wherein the castpart produced has a tapered form at one or both of the castpart ends. Aspects of this invention may be considered to be a castpart shrinkage management system or a castpart form or profile control system due to the advantage of increased controls of castpart form during the casting process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Wagstaff, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael K. Anderson, Craig Shaber, Steve Anderson, Brett Thielman, Mike Komicki
  • Automated Variable Dimension Mold and Bottom Block System
    Publication number: 20130233506
    Abstract: A molten metal mold and bottom block system, including apparatus and method embodiments, which may include a mold cavity framework with a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a third side, and a fourth side opposite the third side, each side including an inner surface and the inner surfaces defining a mold cavity, and wherein one or more of the sides are movably mounted relative to the second side, and are controllably moved during the casting. This system may also include embodiments wherein the castpart produced has a tapered form at one or both of the castpart ends. Aspects of this invention may be considered to be a castpart shrinkage management system or a castpart form or profile control system due to the advantage of increased controls of castpart form during the casting process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Inventors: Michael K. Anderson, Craig Shaber, Steve Anderson, Brett Thielman, Mike Komicki
  • Automated variable dimension mold and bottom block system
    Publication number: 20090050290
    Abstract: A molten metal mold and bottom block system, including apparatus and method embodiments, which may include a mold cavity framework with a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a third side, and a fourth side opposite the third side, each side including an inner surface and the inner surfaces defining a mold cavity, and wherein one or more of the sides are movably mounted relative to the second side, and are controllably moved during the casting. This system may also include embodiments wherein the castpart produced has a tapered form at one or both of the castpart ends. Aspects of this invention may be considered to be a castpart shrinkage management system or a castpart form or profile control system due to the advantage of increased controls of castpart form during the casting process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Michael K. Anderson, Craig Shaber, Steve Anderson, Brett Thielman, Mike Komicki