B22D 43/00
Mechanical cleaning
Official title: Mechanical cleaning, e.g. skimming of molten metals
B22D43/00 (Mechanical cleaning) appears on 152 US grants and 123 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B22D- Granted patents
- 152
- Published applications
- 123
- Assignees
- 113
- Inventors
- 418
- Latest grant
- 1 Jul 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 4 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 6 |
| 2005 | 4 | 6 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4 |
| 2010 | 1 | 6 |
| 2011 | 2 | 4 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 4 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3 |
| 2018 | 0 | 4 |
| 2019 | 4 | 2 |
| 2020 | 5 | 11 |
| 2021 | 5 | 12 |
| 2022 | 5 | 4 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 |
| 2025 | 3 | 7 |
| 2026 | 0 | 5 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Scum adsorbing member, twin roll continuous casting device, and method of producing slab1 Jul 2025US 12,343,793 B2Nippon Steel Corporation
- Molten metal filter device for casting vehicle components22 Apr 2025US 12,280,421 B2GM Global Technology Operations LLC
- Pouring facility28 Jan 2025US 12,208,444 B2Fujiwa Denki Co., Ltd.
- Molten metal purification device17 Sep 2024US 12,090,546 B2
- Casting mold16 Jul 2024US 12,036,603 B2Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
- Die casting machine1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295663 A1Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Slag blocking device for a metallurgical vessel23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208261 A1Refractory Intellectual Property GmbH & Co.KG
- Die-casting production system7 May 2026US 2026/0124676 A1Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd.
- Molten metal dispensing systems and methods for additive manufacturing in space5 Mar 2026US 2026/0061483 A1Blue Origin, LLC
- Countergravity Casting Apparatus and Desulfurization Methods19 Feb 2026US 2026/0048433 A1Rtx Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Molten metal filter cartridge115US 5,741,422 AMetaullics Systems Co., L.P. · 1998
- Molten metal filter106US 5,126,047 AThe Carborundum Company · 1992
- Bonded particle filters104US 7,157,043 B2Pyrotek, Inc. · 2007
- Ceramic foam filter69US 3,947,363 ASwiss Aluminium Ltd. · 1976
- Ceramic foam filter68US 3,962,081 ASwiss Aluminium Ltd. · 1976