B22D 18/06
Vacuum casting, i.e. making use of vacuum to fill the mould
B22D18/06 (Vacuum casting, i.e. making use of vacuum to fill the mould) appears on 198 US grants and 147 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B22D- Granted patents
- 198
- Published applications
- 147
- Assignees
- 129
- Inventors
- 471
- Latest grant
- 14 Jul 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Casting die inspection method and casting device14 Jul 2026US 12,678,855 B2Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Device and method for producing an investment casting component31 Mar 2026US 12,589,432 B2ALD Vacuum Technologies GmbH
- Molten metal furnace17 Mar 2026US 12,578,143 B2Tounetsu Co., Ltd.
- Biodegradable zinc-based materials including dispersed nanostructures for biomedical applications2 Dec 2025US 12,485,205 B2
- Method for producing a motor vehicle rim made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy for a wheel of a motor vehicle and corresponding motor vehicle rim11 Nov 2025US 12,466,212 B2Audi AG
- Apparatus and Method for Die-Casting Metal Objects in a Semisolid State30 Jul 2026US 2026/0216783 A1Euromac S.p.A.
- Apparatus and method of casting23 Apr 2026US 2026/0108938 A1Hyundai Motor Company
- Countergravity Casting Apparatus and Desulfurization Methods19 Feb 2026US 2026/0048433 A1Rtx Corporation
- Venting device, casting device with venting device, vacuum die-casting system and method for operating the vacuum die-vcasting system29 Jan 2026US 2026/0027615 A1Interguss Giessereiprodukte GmbH
- Method for producing a three-dimensional metal molding body having an open-cell metal sponge structure16 Oct 2025US 2025/0319514 A1Grillo-Werke AG
Most cited
By later US patents
- Two-chamber furnace for countergravity casting64US 5,948,352 ADeltamation Corporation · 1999
- Method of casting metal in sand mold using reduced pressure54US 4,340,108 AHitchiner Manufacturing Co., Inc. · 1982
- Method and apparatus for making intermetallic castings36US 5,299,619 AHitchiner Manufacturing Co., Inc. · 1994
- Countergravity casting using particulate supported thin walled investment shell mold32US 5,069,271 AHitchiner Corporation · 1991
- Sand mold and apparatus for reduced pressure casting28US 4,606,396 AHitchiner Manufacturing Co., Inc. · 1986