Patents by Inventor Kenneth P. Taylor

Kenneth P. Taylor 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).

  • Apparatus providing a shatter-resistant electric lamp
    Patent number: 5109180
    Abstract: A shatter-resistant electric lamp includes a base; contacts for connecting the lamp to a source of electrical energy; a filament or light source electrically connected to the contacts for converting electrical energy to light; a shatterable encasement, connectable to the base, for translucently encasing the filament; and a polymer coating deposited on a first portion of the encasement so that a second portion of the encasement remains uncoated. The preferred polymer coating is poly(phenylene sulfide).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1992
    Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Company
    Inventors: Harold D. Boultinghouse, Kenneth P. Taylor
  • Stabilization of cross-linked polyolefins
    Patent number: 4028332
    Abstract: An improved stabilizer system for crosslinkable polyolefins consisting of a dialkyl pentaerythritol diphosphite and a sulfur-containing compound selected from the group consisting of the diester of thiodipropionic acid and a bis(3-hydroxy-4-alkyl-2,6-dimethylbenzyl) dithiolterephthalate, and an improved crosslinkable polyolefin composition comprising this stabilizer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1977
    Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Company
    Inventors: Donald G. Needham, Kenneth P. Taylor, Claude V. Brown