B22D 15/04
Machines or apparatus for chill casting
Official title: Machines or apparatus for chill casting ({B22D15/005}, B22D15/02 take precedence)
B22D15/04 (Machines or apparatus for chill casting) appears on 34 US grants and 40 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B22D- Granted patents
- 34
- Published applications
- 40
- Assignees
- 36
- Inventors
- 112
- Latest grant
- 14 Apr 2026
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| 2024 | 1 | 4 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Casting process of central rotary joints14 Apr 2026US 12,599,959 B2China Railway Sunward Engineering Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Conformal cooling insert22 Apr 2025US 12,280,422 B2Magna International Inc.
- Device and method for removing at least one cooling element from an at least partially demoulded cast part, method for introducing at least one cooling element into a mould core of a cast part mould18 Mar 2025US 12,251,752 B2Nemak, S. A. B. De C.V.
- Controlled nozzle cooling (CNC) of sand casting30 Jul 2024US 12,048,960 B2
- System, apparatus, and method for direct chill casting venting14 Feb 2023US 11,577,305 B2Wagstaff, Inc.
- Systems and methods for improving iron-based camshaft fatigue life27 Nov 2025US 2025/0360557 A1Cummins Inc.
- Casting process of central rotary joints7 Nov 2024US 2024/0367223 A1China Railway Sunward Engineering Equipment Co., Ltd.
- Controlled nozzle cooling (cnc) of sand casting20 Jun 2024US 2024/0198414 A1
- Conformal cooling insert30 May 2024US 2024/0173767 A1Magna International Inc.
- Hybrid chill with enhanced heat transfer22 Feb 2024US 2024/0058860 A1GM Global Technology Operations LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sequential casting of metals having high co-efficients of contraction15US 7,748,434 B2Novelis Inc. · 2010
- Method and apparatus for forming an internally screw-threaded article13US 4,554,962 ADynacast International Limited · 1985
- Method and apparatus for forming an internally screw-threaded article7US 4,633,932 ADynacast International Limited · 1987
- Molding machine7US 5,725,041 A1998
- Self-aligning sand mold insert assembly5US 5,704,412 AFord Global Technologies, LLC · 1998