Patents by Inventor Clayton C. Shepherd, Jr.

Clayton C. Shepherd, Jr. 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).

  • Thermal vacuum heater array apparatus
    Patent number: 4713647
    Abstract: An electric resistance heater array having an open metal frame with multiple heater wires of heavy gauge, U-shaped Nichrome wire that are vertically spaced across the panel. The lower vertical portions of the heater wire are encased in ceramic sleeves which insulate the wire from the small apertures in the metal frame that support the wire by its constraints upon side to side and fore to aft movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1987
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: John E. Allen, John D. Glover, Clayton C. Shepherd, Jr.