B22D 11/168
For adjusting the mould size or mould taper
Official title: {for adjusting the mould size or mould taper}
B22D11/168 (For adjusting the mould size or mould taper) appears on 54 US grants and 41 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B22D- Granted patents
- 54
- Published applications
- 41
- Assignees
- 34
- Inventors
- 131
- Latest grant
- 16 Dec 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Dynamic mold shape control for direct chill casting16 Dec 2025US 12,496,631 B2Wagstaff, Inc.
- Compact force applying device8 Oct 2024US 12,110,956 B2Wagstaff, Inc.
- Slab casting method24 Sep 2024US 12,097,554 B2Nippon Steel Corporation
- Dynamic mold shape control for direct chill casting30 Jan 2024US 11,883,876 B2Wagstaff, Inc.
- Dynamic mold shape control for direct chill casting10 Jan 2023US 11,548,061 B2Wagstaff, Inc.
- Dynamic mold shape control for direct chill casting9 Apr 2026US 2026/0097432 A1Wagstaff, Inc.
- Method and device for regulating a strand casting system1 May 2025US 2025/0135529 A1Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH
- Dynamic mold shape control for direct chill casting11 Jul 2024US 2024/0226996 A1Wagstaff, Inc.
- Compact force applying device3 Aug 2023US 2023/0243411 A1Wagstaff, Inc.
- Dynamic mold shape control for direct chill casting21 Jul 2022US 2022/0226884 A1Wagstaff, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of controlling continuous casting equipment21US 4,553,604 AKawasaki Steel Corporation · 1985
- Convoluted boot device16US 5,419,741 ALohr & Bromkamp GmbH · 1995
- Method of changing the width of a continuous metal casting without interrupting the casting process15US 4,635,704 AFives-Cail Babcock · 1987
- Method of enlarging the strand width of a steel strand during continuous casting13US 4,134,441 AKawasaki Seitetsu Kabushiki Kaisha · 1979
- Apparatus for changing width of slab in continuous casting12US 4,727,926 ANippon Steel Corporation · 1988