Patents by Inventor Tommie L. Wardlaw

Tommie L. Wardlaw 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).

  • Pack assembly for hot rolling
    Patent number: 4966816
    Abstract: A pack assembly for use in hot rolling a material sensitive to heat loss, such as gamma titanium aluminide. The pack assembly has a pair of opposed deformable metal cover plates adjacent opposite outer major surfaces of at least one flat product of the material to be hot rolled positioned between the cover plates. A continuous thermal barrier is positioned between each of the outer major surfaces of each of the cover plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1990
    Assignee: Titanium Metals Corporation of America (TIMET)
    Inventors: Tommie L. Wardlaw, Paul J. Bania