Patents by Inventor Derek Williams
Derek Williams 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).
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Publication number: 20240143382Abstract: An example virtualized computing system includes: a host cluster having hosts and a virtualization layer executing on hardware platforms of the hosts, the virtualization layer supporting execution of virtual machines (VMs); an orchestration control plane integrated with the virtualization layer, the orchestration control plane including a master server executing in a first VM of the VMs; guest cluster infrastructure software (GCIS) executing in the master server, the GCIS configured to create a set of objects defining a container orchestration cluster, and manage lifecycles of second VMs of the VMs based on state of the set of objects; and guest software executing in the second VMs to implement the container orchestration cluster as a guest cluster of the host cluster, the guest software having components that interface with the GCIS.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Zachary James SHEPHERD, Derek William BEARD, George Gregory HICKEN, Mark Russell JOHNSON, Jared Sean ROSOFF, Joseph Stephen BEDA, Konstantinos ROUSSOS
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Publication number: 20240143359Abstract: Described herein are systems, methods, and software to deploy instant guest clusters in a computing environment. In one example, a host is configured to initiate startup operations of a first virtual machine and stop the startup operations prior to performing guest customization operations. The host is further configured to, in response to a request for a second virtual machine, initiate the second virtual machine as an instant clone of the first virtual machine and execute the guest customization operations for the second virtual machine based on metadata provided for the second virtual machine, wherein the metadata provides configuration information for the second virtual machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Arunesh Kumar Pandey, Alexander Krits, Sahan Bamunavita Gamage, Derek William Beard
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Patent number: 11953623Abstract: A sensor pod system includes one or more sensor pods with a plurality of sensors configured to collect data from an environment. A sensor pod may have an effective field of view created by individual sensors with overlapping fields of view. The sensor pod system may include sensors of different types and modalities. Sensor pods of the sensor pod system may be modularly installed on a vehicle, for example, an autonomous vehicle and collect and provide data of the environment during operation of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Zoox, Inc.Inventors: Derek Adams, Daniel Glenn Johnson, Christopher William Labadie, Ryan McMichael, Daniel Miller, Peter Thomas Mitros, Anubhav Thakur, Joseph Patrick Warga, Austin In-Jei Yi
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Patent number: 11937548Abstract: A system and method for sensing an edge of a region includes at least one distance sensor configured to detect a plurality of distances of objects along a plurality of adjacent scan lines. A controller is in communication with the at least one distance sensor and is configured to determine a location of an edge of a region within the plurality of adjacent scan lines. The controller includes a comparator module configured to compare values corresponding to the detected plurality of distances, and an identification module configured to identify the location of the edge of the region according to the compared values. In one example, the values corresponding to the detected plurality of distances include couplets of standard deviations that are analyzed and selected to identify the location of the edge.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Raven Industries, Inc.Inventors: James Edward Slichter, Andrew Joseph Pierson, Derek Michael Stotz, Jonathan William Richardson
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Patent number: 11940082Abstract: A pipe insulation product including a core of insulating material and a laminate surrounding the core and bonded to the core. The core may include an outer surface; an inner surface; and a wall extending between the outer and inner surfaces. The laminate may include a foil or metallized polymeric film sheet, a scrim, a porous media sheet, and a polymeric film sheet bonded together via an adhesive. The laminate may include a closure flap that is configured to adhesively seal opposite ends of the laminate together to form a cylindrical tube with the core enclosed therein. The closure flap may be configured to include a curl that provides a greater closure flap adhesive seal.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Johns ManvilleInventors: Monroe William Shumate, Derek Cooper Bristol
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Patent number: 11940515Abstract: A system, method, and computer-readable medium for evaluating structural integrity of a gradient coil disposed in a magnetic resonance imaging system is provided. A sensor obtains a parameter reading of the gradient coil, wherein the parameter reading includes a back electromotive force (back EMF) measurement. The structural integrity of the gradient coil is determined as function of the back EMF measurement.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLCInventors: Garrett William Astary, Derek Seeber, Andrew John Panos
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Patent number: 11931920Abstract: The disclosure provides a method of monitoring a flow rate of a liquid additive comprising measuring the flow rate of the liquid additive with a flow meter; transmitting the measurements of the flow rate to a controller; transmitting, from a variable frequency drive (VFD), measurements of a rotational speed of a motor to the controller, wherein the VFD is coupled to the motor; transmitting measurements from a level sensor to the controller; determining whether the flow rate of the liquid additive is a non-zero rate; utilizing the measurements transmitted to the controller as feedback to compare against a designated set point; calculating an error between the feedback and the designated set point to calculate an updated output; and transmitting the updated output to the VFD to change the flow rate of the liquid additive.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.Inventors: Charles Neal, III, Gary Cline, Derek Abel, Derek Williams
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Publication number: 20230408203Abstract: Sound-attenuating heat exchangers and methods of exchanging heat and attenuating sound within sound-attenuating heat exchangers. The sound-attenuating heat exchangers include a base region, which defines a first base side and a second base side, and a plurality of elongate fluid conduits, which are at least partially defined by the base region and configured to contain a cooled fluid stream. The sound-attenuating heat exchangers also include a plurality of heat transfer-enhancing structures, which extend from the first base side and are configured to exchange thermal energy with a cooling fluid stream, and a sound-attenuating region, which extends from the second base side. The sound-attenuating region includes a plurality of resonator cells configured to attenuate sound and a plurality of resonator cell openings. Each resonator cell opening opens from a corresponding resonator cell toward the plurality of heat transfer-enhancing structures.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2022Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Derek William Flett, David W. Foutch, Justin Honshune Lan, James W. Peck
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Publication number: 20230407586Abstract: A containment plow adapted to be mounted to a vehicle such as a skid steer, a wheeled loader, or a tractor, comprises a moldboard frame, a moldboard mounted to the moldboard frame, a moldboard cutting edge mounted to a lower edge of the moldboard and comprising a plurality of cutting edge segments, each moldboard cutting edge segment mounted so as to have two rotational degrees of freedom movement relative to the moldboard and one translational degree of freedom movement relative to the moldboard, and a moldboard extension and wing assembly connected to the moldboard frame adjacent each end of the moldboard.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Derek William Adam, Benjamin Chadwick Altfillisch, David N. Bloxdorf, Christopher David Damon, Christopher Aaron Horn, Tyler David Gentz
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Publication number: 20230399804Abstract: A containment plow adapted to be mounted to a vehicle such as a skid steer, a wheeled loader, or a tractor comprises a moldboard frame, a moldboard mounted to the moldboard frame, a wing pivotally connected to the moldboard frame adjacent each end of the moldboard, a moldboard cutting edge mounted to a lower edge of the moldboard and comprising a plurality of cutting edge segments, and a wing cutting edge mounted to a lower edge of each wing. Each moldboard cutting edge segment is mounted so as to have two rotational degrees of freedom movement relative to the moldboard and one translational degree of freedom movement relative to the moldboard. Each wing cutting edge is mounted so as to have two rotational degrees of freedom movement relative to the wing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2022Publication date: December 14, 2023Inventors: Derek William Adam, Benjamin Chadwick Altfillisch, David N. Bloxdorf, Christopher David Damon
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Publication number: 20230399803Abstract: A containment plow adapted to be mounted to a vehicle such as a skid steer, a wheeled loader, or a tractor comprises a moldboard frame, a moldboard mounted to the moldboard frame, a wing pivotally connected to the moldboard frame adjacent each end of the moldboard, a moldboard cutting edge mounted to a lower edge of the moldboard and comprising a plurality of cutting edge segments, and a wing cutting edge mounted to a lower edge of each wing. Each moldboard cutting edge segment is mounted so as to have two rotational degrees of freedom movement relative to the moldboard and one translational degree of freedom movement relative to the moldboard. Each wing cutting edge is mounted so as to have two rotational degrees of freedom movement relative to the wing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2022Publication date: December 14, 2023Inventors: Derek William Adam, Benjamin Chadwick Altfillisch, David N. Bloxdorf, Christopher David Damon, Christopher Aaron Horn
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Patent number: 11822949Abstract: An example virtualized computing system includes: a host cluster having hosts and a virtualization layer executing on hardware platforms of the hosts, the virtualization layer supporting execution of virtual machines (VMs); an orchestration control plane integrated with the virtualization layer, the orchestration control plane including a master server executing in a first VM of the VMs; guest cluster infrastructure software (GCIS) executing in the master server, the GCIS configured to create a set of objects defining a container orchestration cluster, and manage lifecycles of second VMs of the VMs based on state of the set of objects; and guest software executing in the second VMs to implement the container orchestration cluster as a guest cluster of the host cluster, the guest software having components that interface with the GCIS.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: VMware, Inc.Inventors: Zachary James Shepherd, Derek William Beard, George Gregory Hicken, Mark Russell Johnson, Jared Sean Rosoff, Joseph Stephen Beda, Konstantinos Roussos
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Patent number: 11824741Abstract: In one embodiment, an illustrative method herein comprises: determining, by a process, for each group of policies configured across a plurality of network devices in a computer network, an information set having a list of all policy components used for each group and which policies within each group have which particular policy components of the list of all policy components used for that group; performing, by the process, a comparative analysis of similarity and component variance on policies within each group based on the information set; deriving, by the process, an overall complexity indicator for each group based on the comparative analysis; and providing, from the process to an assessment interface, a ranking of each group as compared to other groups of policies within the computer network based on their respective overall complexity indicator.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Derek William Engi, Gonzalo Salgueiro, Ravi Prakash Garg
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Publication number: 20230342168Abstract: An example virtualized computing system includes a host cluster having a virtualization layer executing on hardware platforms of hosts, the virtualization layer supporting execution of virtual machines (VMs), the VMs including pod VMs and native VMs, the pod VMs including container engines supporting execution of containers in the pod VMs, the native VMs including applications executing on guest operating systems; and an orchestration control plane integrated with the virtualization layer, the orchestration control plane including a master server having a pod VM controller to manage lifecycles of the pod VMs and a native VM controller to manage lifecycles of the native VMs.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Derek William BEARD, Jared Sean ROSOFF, Mark Russell JOHNSON, Brian Charles FORNEY
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Publication number: 20230337981Abstract: Methods and wearable devices for optimizing power consumption using sensor-based position and use determinations are described here. One example method is performed at a device that includes a first sensor configured to operate with a first power consumption rate and a second sensor configured to operate with a second power consumption rate. The method includes, while a component associated with the second sensor is in an inactive state, receiving first sensor data, and determining whether the first sensor data indicates movement of the device. The method also includes, when movement of the device is indicated, operating the second sensor in an active state. The method further includes, after activating the second sensor, when second sensor data from the second sensor indicates that the device has been placed on a user’s body, continuing to operate the second sensor in the active state.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Nishant Srinivasan, Nagalakshmi Rajagopal, Derek William Wright, Edwin Corona Aparicio, Szymon Michal Tankiewicz, Ravi Krishna Shaga, Ramiro Calderon, Shan Chu, Priyanka Sharma, Lei Yin, Lidu Huang
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Publication number: 20230286570Abstract: A lift device includes a base, a retractable lift mechanism having a first end coupled to the base, a platform coupled to and supported by a second end of the retractable lift mechanism, and a steering system. The base includes a first wheel and a second wheel laterally spaced from the first wheel, and a third wheel and a fourth wheel laterally spaced from the third wheel. The third wheel and the fourth wheel are both pivotally fixed. The steering system includes a first electric actuator coupled to the first wheel and configured to independently control a steering direction of the first wheel, and a second electric actuator coupled to the second wheel and configured to independently control a steering direction of the second wheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: Oshkosh CorporationInventors: Jihong HAO, Derek WILLIAMS, Prabhu SHANKAR, Devin ROSENCRANCE
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Publication number: 20230286571Abstract: A lift device includes a base having two front wheels and two rear wheels, a retractable lift mechanism having a first end coupled to the base, a platform coupled to and supported by a second end of the retractable lift mechanism, and a steering system. The steering system includes a second linear actuator coupled to a first front wheel of the two front wheels and a third linear actuator coupled to a second front wheel of the two front wheels. The two front wheels are spaced from the two rear wheels in a longitudinal direction. The retractable lift mechanism includes a first linear actuator extending along the longitudinal direction and configured to transition the retractable lift mechanism between a stowed position and a deployed position. The second linear actuator and the third linear actuator extend generally along the longitudinal direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: Oshkosh CorporationInventors: Jihong HAO, Derek WILLIAMS, Prabhu SHANKAR, Devin ROSENCRANCE
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Patent number: D1016060Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: META PLATFORMS TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Chunli Chen, Derek William Wright, Peter Wesley Bristol
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Patent number: D1021641Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: IPS GROUP INCInventors: David William King, Choor-Hong Tan, Derek Wu, David Andrew Jones
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Patent number: D1021642Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: IPS GROUP INC.Inventors: David William King, Choor-Hong Tan, Derek Wu, David Andrew Jones