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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masaharu Hoshina, Saitama-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Izumi Industries, Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B22D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
164112 ; 29888047 ; 29888049 ; 92222 ; 1231934 ; 164334 ; 249 91 ;
Abstract
A ring carrier, for use in a piston casting die, is an annular-shaped member having a channel on an outer surface area. The piston casting die includes projections for engaging the channel and supporting the ring carrier within the piston casting die. At least one of the projections is fixed and at least one other of the projections is movable into and out of the piston casting die. The movable projection includes a driving member for urging the movable projection into engagement with the channel for supporting the ring carrier at a predetermined position within the piston casting die.