Patents by Inventor Oliver Hugo

Oliver Hugo 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).

  • Apparatus for manufacturing workpieces or blocks from meltable materials
    Patent number: 6464198
    Abstract: Apparatus for the producing workpieces and blocks from meltable materials in which a liquid starting material is solidified in a directional manner in a casting mold using a cooling device. For the controlled guiding of the solidification front during cooling of the molten material a cooling structure having a plurality of heat conducting bodies is introduced from below into a corresponding recesses of a body assigned to the bottom of the casting mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Ald Vacuum Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Oliver Hugo