ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,048, issued on July 21, was assigned to Nemak S.A.B. de C.V. (Garcia, Mexico).
"Apparatus and process for casting metal parts" was invented by Alexander Mokre (Linz, Austria) and Zsolt Molnar (Gyor, Hungary).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved apparatus for casting metal parts. The apparatus is contemplated as including at least one mold cavity formed by at least one at least partly surrounding cavity wall, a system of sprues, runners and/or ingates defining at least one flow channel for filling the at least one mold cavity with molten metal, at least one riser insert arranged at least partly inside at least one riser cavity of...