Patents by Inventor William Casey McCarthy

William Casey McCarthy 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).

  • Heatable transparency
    Patent number: 9491806
    Abstract: An aircraft transparency has a heatable member to remove fog, ice and snow from the outer surface of the transparency. The heatable member includes a pair of spaced parallel bus bars with the ends of the bus bars offset from one another, and a coating including a plurality of spaced segments of an electrically conductive coating electrically connecting the bus bars. The ratio of the major diagonal to the minor diagonal is in the range of greater than 1 to 1.25 to more uniformly heat the coating and the outer surface of the transparency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventor: William Casey McCarthy
  • HEATABLE TRANSPARENCY
    Publication number: 20130082043
    Abstract: An aircraft transparency has a heatable member to remove fog, ice and snow from the outer surface of the transparency. The heatable member includes a pair of spaced parallel bus bars with the ends of the bus bars offset from one another, and a coating including a plurality of spaced segments of an electrically conductive coating electrically connecting the bus bars. The ratio of the major diagonal to the minor diagonal is in the range of greater than 1 to 1.25 to more uniformly heat the coating and the outer surface of the transparency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC.
    Inventor: William Casey McCarthy