Patents by Inventor Mark G. Mehlhaff

Mark G. Mehlhaff 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).

  • Insulated galley cart and method of using frozen refrigerant bricks to maximize storage volume and equalize temperature distribution
    Patent number: 9193461
    Abstract: A storage container incorporates a housing defining a cavity therein. At least one support rail extends from the housing within the cavity having a plurality of encoded first moieties. At least one refrigerant brick having mating encoded second moieties configured to be received into the encoded first moieties couples the refrigerant brick within the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: James P. Schalla, Michael J. Burgess, Mark G. Mehlhaff
  • Shared space for crew communication
    Patent number: 9124659
    Abstract: A predetermined group of users using one or more computing devices are allowed to join a shared collaboration and communication space associated with the predetermined group of users. The shared collaboration and communication space is associated with the predetermined group of users for a specified time period and for a predetermined operation that the predetermined group of users are authorized to work on. The predetermined group of users are authenticated based on user identities and information identifying the predetermined operation. The shared collaboration and communication space allows for interactive communication among the predetermined group of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Scott T. Yoshimura, Mark G. Mehlhaff, Michael Joseph Burgess, Richard Leroy Rankin
  • SHARED SPACE FOR CREW COMMUNICATION
    Publication number: 20150033296
    Abstract: A predetermined group of users using one or more computing devices are allowed to join a shared collaboration and communication space associated with the predetermined group of users. The shared collaboration and communication space is associated with the predetermined group of users for a specified time period and for a predetermined operation that the predetermined group of users are authorized to work on. The predetermined group of users are authenticated based on user identities and information identifying the predetermined operation. The shared collaboration and communication space allows for interactive communication among the predetermined group of users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Scott T. Yoshimura, Mark G. Mehlhaff, Michael Joseph Burgess, Richard Leroy Rankin
  • INSULATED GALLEY CART AND METHOD OF USING FROZEN REFRIGERANT BRICKS TO MAXIMIZE STORAGE VOLUME AND EQUALIZE TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION
    Publication number: 20140331695
    Abstract: A storage container incorporates a housing defining a cavity therein. At least one support rail extends from the housing within the cavity having a plurality of encoded first moieties. At least one refrigerant brick having mating encoded second moieties configured to be received into the encoded first moieties couples the refrigerant brick within the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: James P. Schalla, Michael J. Burgess, Mark G. Mehlhaff