IP Library Granted Patent US 11,219,944
Granted Patent B2
US 11,219,944 · App. 16/841,071 · Granted Jan 11, 2022

Casting method for forming screw hole on inclined plane of casting, and casting integrated with insert having screw thread

Inventors: Cheol-Ung Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Yoon-Ki Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jin-Yong Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jae-Young An (Gangwon-do, KR); Woo-Seok Jang (Busan, KR)
Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Motors Corporation; Jinhap Bollhoff Ltd.
B22D17/002B22D17/2061
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Patent No.
US 11,219,944
App. No.
16/841,071
Granted
Jan 11, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A casting method for forming a fastening part on an inclined plane of a casting may include mounting a plug unit including a casting plug and a screw thread insert combined with the casting plug on a movable mold or a fixed mold; performing casting by moving and combining the movable mold with the fixed mold and injecting a molten metal into a cavity formed between the movable mold and the fixed mold; performing mold opening after the casting; and separating the casting plug from the screw thread insert, wherein when the plug unit is mounted on the mold, the screw thread insert is deployed in the cavity, and a mold plane on which the casting plug is mounted forms an inclined plane having an acute angle against a horizontal plane that is parallel to a movement direction of the movable mold.

Claims (15)

1. A casting method for forming a fastening part on an inclined plane of a casting, comprising:

mounting a plug unit including a casting plug and a screw thread insert combined with the casting plug on a movable mold or a fixed mold;

performing casting by moving and combining the movable mold with the fixed mold and injecting a molten metal into a cavity formed between the movable mold and the fixed mold;

performing mold opening after the casting; and

separating the casting plug from the screw thread insert,

wherein when the plug unit is mounted on the mold, the screw thread insert is deployed in the cavity, and a mold plane on which the casting plug is mounted forms an inclined plane having an acute angle against a horizontal plane that is parallel to a movement direction of the movable mold.

2. The casting method of claim 1 , wherein the screw thread insert is integrally combined with the casting.

3. The casting method of claim 1 , wherein the casting plug comprises:

a truncated cone shaped plug body part; and

a plug screw part projecting from a bottom plane of the plug body part and having male screw threads formed thereon,

wherein the screw thread insert has female screw threads formed thereon corresponding to the male screw threads of the plug screw part, and the screw thread insert is combined with the plug screw part.

4. The casting method of claim 3 , wherein an angle of a side plane of the plug body part based on a height direction of the plug body part is greater than or equal to 30°.

5. The casting method of claim 4 , wherein the angle of the side plane of the plug body part based on the height direction of the plug body part is in a range of 30° to 35°.

6. The casting method of claim 3 , wherein an angle of a side plane of the plug body part based on a height direction of the plug body part is greater than or equal to: 90°−(the acute angle of the inclined plane)°.

7. The casting method of claim 6 , wherein the angle of the side plane of the plug body part based on the height direction of the plug body part is in a range of 90°−(the acute angle of the inclined plane)° to 90°−(the acute angle of the inclined plane)°+5°.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 6, 2020
From: LEE, CHEOL-UNG; LEE, YOON-KI; KIM, JIN-YONG; AN, JAE-YOUNG; JANG, WOO-SEOK
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA MOTORS CORPORATION; JINHAP BOLLHOFF LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0005167 · Jan 15, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210213516A1 · Jul 15, 2021