Patents by Inventor Gavin Federick Wyatt-Mair

Gavin Federick Wyatt-Mair has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • In-line method of making heat-treated and annealed aluminum alloy sheet
    Patent number: 7182825
    Abstract: A method of making aluminum alloy sheet in a continuous in-line process is provided. A continuously-cast aluminum alloy strip is optionally quenched, hot or warm rolled, annealed or heat-treated in-line, optionally quenched, and preferably coiled, with additional hot, warm or cold rolling steps as needed to reach the desired gauge. The process can be used to make aluminum alloy sheet of T or O temper having the desired properties, in a much shorter processing time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Alcoa Inc.
    Inventors: Ali Ünal, Gavin Federick Wyatt-Mair, David Allen Tomes, Jr., David Wayne Timmons