B22D 7/106
Configuration of hot tops
Official title: {Configuration of hot tops}
B22D7/106 (Configuration of hot tops) appears on 14 US grants and 3 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B22D- Granted patents
- 14
- Published applications
- 3
- Assignees
- 13
- Inventors
- 19
- Latest grant
- 11 Feb 2025
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.
Recent patents
- Apparatus method for locating, controlling geometry, and managing stress of hot tops for metal casting11 Feb 2025US 12,220,742 B2Pyrotek, Inc.
- Controlled casting of in-mold large steel ingot with induced variable power and variable frequency applied to the top surface of molten metal in-mold12 Mar 2024US 11,925,979 B2Inductotherm Corp.
- Method of sizing a hot top liner and assembling a hot top22 Nov 1988US 4,785,869 ARe-Top International Limited
- Lightweight reusable hot top26 Jan 1988US 4,721,278 ARe-Top International Limited
- Controlled rotation self-inverting hot top casing14 Feb 1984US 4,431,158 AKoppers Company, Inc.
- Apparatus method for locating, controlling geometry, and managing stress of hot tops for metal castings22 May 2025US 2025/0162022 A1Pyrotek, Inc.
- Apparatus method for locating, controlling geometry, and managing stress of hot tops for metal casting16 Nov 2023US 2023/0364670 A1Pyrotek, Inc.
- Controlled casting of in-mold large steel ingot with induced variable power and variable frequency applied to the top surface of molten metal in-mold26 May 2022US 2022/0161318 A1Inductotherm Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Self adjusting consumable hot top for ingot molds3US 4,121,805 A1978
- Lightweight reusable hot top3US 4,721,278 ARe-Top International Limited · 1988
- Thermally insulating material2US 4,023,322 ABritish Steel Corporation · 1977
- Mould assemblies for use in casting molten metals2US 4,081,020 AFoseco International Limited · 1978
- Expandable hot top for ingot moulds2US 4,186,908 AInsul Company, Inc. · 1980