Patents by Inventor Ryan Anthony FAULKNER

Ryan Anthony FAULKNER 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 direct chill casting venting
    Patent number: 11577305
    Abstract: Provided herein is a system, apparatus, and method for venting a direct chill casting mold by venting excess casting gas and retaining oxide from atop a casting during the direct chill casting process. Methods of venting casting gas from a direct chill casting mold include: supplying the direct chill casting mold with molten metal through a transition plate; supplying a casting gas through a casting surface of the direct chill casting mold; venting the casting gas from a gas pocket in the transition plate, wherein venting the casting gas from the gas pocket in the transition plate is performed in response to a pressure of the casting gas in the gas pocket reaching a predetermined pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: WAGSTAFF, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Kim Anderson, Ryan Anthony Faulkner, Gary Patrick Grealy, David Alan Salee
  • SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR DIRECT CHILL CASTING VENTING
    Publication number: 20220062973
    Abstract: Provided herein is a system, apparatus, and method for venting a direct chill casting mold by venting excess casting gas and retaining oxide from atop a casting during the direct chill casting process. Methods of venting casting gas from a direct chill casting mold include: supplying the direct chill casting mold with molten metal through a transition plate; supplying a casting gas through a casting surface of the direct chill casting mold; venting the casting gas from a gas pocket in the transition plate, wherein venting the casting gas from the gas pocket in the transition plate is performed in response to a pressure of the casting gas in the gas pocket reaching a predetermined pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Kim ANDERSON, Ryan Anthony FAULKNER, Gary Patrick GREALY, David Alan SALEE