Patents by Inventor Tuomas Pihlajamaki

Tuomas Pihlajamaki 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).

  • Arc melting and tilt casting apparatus
    Patent number: 9555472
    Abstract: An arc melting and tilt casting apparatus having a casing provided with a vacuum chamber for housing a hearth having a melting trough and pouring means, arc-melting electrode means passing through the casing in the chamber, a mold having a melt receiving orifice, vacuum generating means, sealing means for maintaining the vacuum in the chamber and tilting means for tilting the apparatus to cause the melt to flow from the melting trough via the pouring means in the mold through the mold orifice. The hearth and mold are connected together and moveable as a single unit in the vacuum chamber and out from the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Aalto University Foundation
    Inventors: Erno Soinila, Tuomas Pihlajamaki, Sven Bossuyt, Hannu Hanninen
  • ARC MELTING AND TILT CASTING APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20140209267
    Abstract: An arc melting and tilt casting apparatus having a casing provided with a vacuum chamber for housing a hearth having a melting trough and pouring means, arc-melting electrode means passing through the casing in the chamber, a mold having a melt receiving orifice, vacuum generating means, sealing means for maintaining the vacuum in the chamber and tilting means for tilting the apparatus to cause the melt to flow from the melting trough via the pouring means in the mold through the mold orifice. The hearth and mold are connected together and moveable as a single unit in the vacuum chamber and out from the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: AALTO UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Erno Soinila, Tuomas Pihlajamaki, Sven Bossuyt, Hannu Hanninen