Patents by Inventor Geoffrey C. Spalt

Geoffrey C. Spalt 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for a modular utility connection system
    Patent number: 7942703
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a modular utility connection system according to various aspects of the present invention include one or more utilities routed within a housing. The housing connects each of the routed utilities to a suitable preexisting source. The housing may also be linkably connected to one or more additional housings such that only a single housing need be connected to the preexisting source. The housing also comprises access points to each of the utilities allowing a user access to the utility via the housing rather than connecting directly to the source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Kent D. Christensen, Geoffrey C. Spalt, Peter F. Harrington
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR A MODULAR UTILITY CONNECTION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090296319
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a modular utility connection system according to various aspects of the present invention include one or more utilities routed within a housing. The housing connects each of the routed utilities to a suitable preexisting source. The housing may also be linkably connected to one or more additional housings such that only a single housing need be connected to the preexisting source. The housing also comprises access points to each of the utilities allowing a user access to the utility via the housing rather than connecting directly to the source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Kent D. Christensen, Geoffrey C. Spalt, Peter F. Harrington