Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sand printed mold package for casting a wheel assembly having directional solidification features
- Patent Title (中): 砂印模具包装用于铸造具有定向凝固特征的轮组件
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Application No.: US13605048Application Date: 2012-09-06
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Publication No.: US08651167B1Publication Date: 2014-02-18
- Inventor: Ronald H. Hasenbusch
- Applicant: Ronald H. Hasenbusch
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Price Heneveld LLP
- Agent Damian Porcari
- Main IPC: B22C9/00
- IPC: B22C9/00 ; B22D27/00 ; B22D15/00

Abstract:
A mold package for casting a wheel assembly includes a sand printed drag mold having a cavity with a chill support chamber and a metal chill received in the support chamber. The mold package further includes at least one sand printed mold insert received in the cavity of the sand printed drag mold and a sand printed cope mold coupled to the sand printed drag mold such that a casting cavity for the wheel assembly is created by the exterior inner surfaces of the cope mold, the drag mold and the at least one insert.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140060768A1 SAND PRINTED MOLD PACKAGE FOR CASTING A WHEEL ASSEMBLY HAVING DIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFICATION FEATURES Public/Granted day:2014-03-06
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