B22D 21/002
Castings of light metals
Official title: {Castings of light metals}
B22D21/002 (Castings of light metals) appears on 568 US grants and 876 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B22D- Granted patents
- 568
- Published applications
- 876
- Assignees
- 453
- Inventors
- 1,959
- Latest grant
- 4 Aug 2026
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| 2022 | 26 | 26 |
| 2023 | 24 | 24 |
| 2024 | 22 | 36 |
| 2025 | 28 | 33 |
| 2026 | 9 | 24 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Methods and systems for die casting4 Aug 2026US 12,698,547 B2MetaLi LLC
- Thixotropically molded product, thixotropic molding material, and method of producing thixotropic molding material28 Jul 2026US 12,691,492 B2Seiko Epson Corporation
- Magnesium alloy and production method thereof26 May 2026US 12,637,741 B2MG Port Inc.
- Die-casting aluminum alloy without heat-treatment and preparation method and application thereof12 May 2026US 12,623,280 B2Xiaomi EV Technology Co., Ltd.
- Clutch device, motorcycle, and method for producing pressure plate21 Apr 2026US 12,607,235 B2Kabushiki Kaisha F.C.C.
- Rapidly solidified aluminum-rare earth element alloy and method of making the same8 Oct 2026US 2026/0308738 A1Eck Industries, Inc.
- Aluminum alloy sheet and method for producing aluminum alloy sheet1 Oct 2026US 2026/0297708 A1Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
- Al-si alloy for casting, al-si alloy casting and method for producing al-si alloy casting3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258528 A1Nikkei Mc Aluminium Co., Ltd.
- High recycle content aluminum alloys for automotive skin3 Sep 2026US 2026/0258529 A1Novelis Inc.
- Metal sheets, made of aluminium alloy, for vacuum chamber elements20 Aug 2026US 2026/0242915 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Centrifugal casting of titanium alloys with improved surface quality, structural integrity and mechanical properties in isotropic graphite molds under vacuum47US 6,776,214 B2Santoku America, Inc. · 2004
- Casting method and apparatus using a resin core45US 5,957,191 AAisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha · 1999
- Integrated cast motorcycle chassis and motor housing41US 8,672,077 B2Faster Faster Inc. · 2014
- Conductive liquid three dimensional printer41US 9,616,494 B22017
- Method for forming components using additive manufacturing and re-melt39US 9,435,211 B2United Technologies Corporation · 2016