Patents by Inventor James A. Clanton

James A. Clanton 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).

  • Patent number: 4929284
    Abstract: A solder stop composition and a method of preventing a melt condition in a meltable metal alloy on a substrate, such as a circuit board, wherein the composition applied on the alloy contains a water soluble binder, a viscosity control agent, a thermal insulator filler, a water soluble moisturizer extender control agent and water. The dried composition is non-tacky and can be removed from the substrate with water. A typical composition capable of being cured to a dry state on a substrate contains water, glycerin, amorphous silica, glass microballoons filled with inert gas and ethylene glycol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1990
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: James A. Clanton
  • Patent number: 4307549
    Abstract: A skylight cover which can be used as a heat and smoke vent for a roof of a building includes a cover which deforms and disengages from a curb structure on the roof, and is coated with a thermally insulating coating which thermally protects the cover from the cooling effects of ambient precipitation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1981
    Assignee: RCA Corporation
    Inventor: James A. Clanton