Patents by Inventor Craig Robert SHIPLEY

Craig Robert SHIPLEY 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).

  • DEVICES AND METHODS RELATED TO GAS DISCHARGE TUBES
    Publication number: 20160087409
    Abstract: Disclosed are devices and methods related to gas discharge tubes (GDTs). In some embodiments, a plurality of GDTs can be fabricated from an insulator plate having a first side and a second side, with the insulator plate defining a plurality of openings. Each opening can be dimensioned to be capable of being covered by first and second electrodes on the first and second sides of the insulator plate to thereby define an enclosed gas volume configured for a GDT operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: John KELLY, Johan SCHLEIMANN-JENSEN, Jan HEATH, Craig Robert SHIPLEY, Gordon L. BOURNS
  • Devices and methods related to flat gas discharge tubes
    Patent number: 9202682
    Abstract: Disclosed are devices and methods related to flat gas discharge tubes (GDTs). In some embodiments, a plurality of GDTs can be fabricated from an insulator plate having a first side and a second side, with the insulator plate defining a plurality of openings. Each opening can be covered by first and second electrodes on the first and second sides of the insulator plate to thereby define an enclosed gas volume configured for GDT operation. Various examples related to such GDTs, including electrode configurations, opening configurations, pre-ionization features, grouping of a GDT with another GDT or device, and packaging configurations, are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Bourns, Inc.
    Inventors: John Kelly, Johan Schleimann-Jensen, Jan Heath, Craig Robert Shipley, Gordon L. Bourns
  • DEVICES AND METHODS RELATED TO FLAT GAS DISCHARGE TUBES
    Publication number: 20140239804
    Abstract: Disclosed are devices and methods related to flat gas discharge tubes (GDTs). In some embodiments, a plurality of GDTs can be fabricated from an insulator plate having a first side and a second side, with the insulator plate defining a plurality of openings. Each opening can be covered by first and second electrodes on the first and second sides of the insulator plate to thereby define an enclosed gas volume configured for GDT operation. Various examples related to such GDTs, including electrode configurations, opening configurations, pre-ionization features, grouping of a GDT with another GDT or device, and packaging configurations, are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventors: John KELLY, Johan SCHLEIMANN-JENSEN, Jan HEATH, Craig Robert SHIPLEY, Gordon L. BOURNS