B22D 11/103
Distributing the molten metal
Official title: Distributing the molten metal, e.g. using runners, floats, distributors
B22D11/103 (Distributing the molten metal) appears on 122 US grants and 138 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B22D- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Casting apparatus114US 6,848,497 B2Pyrotek, Inc. · 2005
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- Process and apparatus for reducing macrosegregation adjacent to a longitudinal centerline of a solidified body19US 4,709,747 AAluminum Company of America · 1987