Patents by Inventor Frank Shepard

Frank Shepard 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).

  • Publication number: 20240035289
    Abstract: A lighting system has an elongate bracket having a recess for receiving an edge of a wall member in use such that the bracket extends along the edge of the wall member; a groove extending along the length of the bracket and spaced from the rear wall by an intermediate wall portion; and an electroluminescent wire extending along the length of the bracket at a position within the groove in front of the rear wall such that the electroluminescent wire is exposed in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin Tattersall, Christopher Paul Frank Shepard
  • Publication number: 20060290528
    Abstract: A system and method for communicating data between a downhole tool and a surface controller is provided that comprises a rotating drill string extending in a borehole and having a downhole telemetry module disposed proximate a bottom end thereof and transmitting a first signal across a telemetry channel. A surface telemetry module is disposed proximate a top end of the rotating drill string and is adapted to receive the first signal transmitted by the downhole telemetry module across the transmission channel. The surface telemetry module has a radio frequency transmitter disposed therein for transmitting a second signal related to the first signal. A stationary communication module has a radio frequency receiver adapted to receive the second signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: John MacPherson, Frank Shepard, Ralf Zaeper, Volker Krueger