ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,279, issued on May 12, was assigned to WAGSTAFF INC. (Spokane Valley, Wash.).

"System, apparatus, and method for providing casting gas in a direct chill casting mold" was invented by Nicholas Shaber (Post Falls, Idaho) and Brett Thielman (Spokane Valley, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is a system, apparatus, and method for providing casting gas to a direct chill casting mold, and more particularly, to supplying casting gas to a direct chill casting mold at a well-regulated pressure and volume using fluid injectors. Systems for supplying casting gas to a continuous casting mold can include: a continuous casting mo...