B22D 18/04
Low pressure casting, i.e. making use of pressures up to a few
Official title: Low pressure casting, i.e. making use of pressures up to a few bars to fill the mould
B22D18/04 (Low pressure casting, i.e. making use of pressures up to a few) appears on 353 US grants and 289 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.
Recent patents
- Apparatus and process for casting metal parts21 Jul 2026US 12,686,048 B2Nemak, S. A. B. De C.V.
- Resin mold19 May 2026US 12,629,872 B2Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
- Low-pressure casting apparatus21 Apr 2026US 12,605,760 B2Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
- Molten metal furnace17 Mar 2026US 12,578,143 B2Tounetsu Co., Ltd.
- Casting mold3 Mar 2026US 12,564,877 B2Honda Foundry Co., Ltd.
- Apparatus and Method for Die-Casting Metal Objects in a Semisolid State30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216783 A1Euromac S.p.A.
- Multi-process parameter optimization method for low-pressure casting of aluminum alloy wheel hubs7 May 2026US 2026/0124677 A1CITIC Dicastal Co., Ltd.
- Method for evaluating stability of cooling effect of cooling system for low-pressure casting of aluminum alloy wheel hub7 May 2026US 2026/0124678 A1CITIC Dicastal Co., Ltd.
- Apparatus and process for casting metal parts23 Apr 2026US 2026/0108934 A1Nemak, S. A. B. De C.V.
- Apparatus and method of casting23 Apr 2026US 2026/0108938 A1Hyundai Motor Company
Most cited
By later US patents
- Molten metal pressure pour furnace and metering valve102US 7,279,128 B2HI T.E.Q., Inc. · 2007
- Low pressure die-casting plant with improved production capacity93US 6,059,011 AIMR S.p.A. · 2000
- Method and apparatus for melting and casting metal75US 4,967,827 ACosworth Research and Development Limited · 1990
- Two-chamber furnace for countergravity casting64US 5,948,352 ADeltamation Corporation · 1999
- Dispensing apparatus and method36US 6,103,182 AAlotech Ltd. LLC · 2000