Patents by Inventor James Sugg

James Sugg 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).

  • Patent number: 11949654
    Abstract: Techniques for distributed offload leveraging different offload devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, process, and/or computer program product for distributed offload leveraging different offload devices includes receiving a flow at a firewall of a security service (e.g., a cloud-based security service); inspecting the flow at the firewall to determine meta information associated with the flow; and offloading the flow to an offload entity (e.g., a SmartNIC, software executed on a Network Interface Card (NIC), and/or a network device, such as a network router and/or network switch) based on the meta information associated with the flow (e.g., an application identification associated with the flow determined using deep packet inspection) and based on a policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: John Edward McDowall, James Sugg, Charles Bransi
  • Publication number: 20230247000
    Abstract: Techniques for distributed offload leveraging different offload devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, process, and/or computer program product for distributed offload leveraging different offload devices includes receiving a flow at a firewall of a security service (e.g., a cloud-based security service); inspecting the flow at the firewall to determine meta information associated with the flow; and offloading the flow to an offload entity (e.g., a SmartNIC, software executed on a Network Interface Card (NIC), and/or a network device, such as a network router and/or network switch) based on the meta information associated with the flow (e.g., an application identification associated with the flow determined using deep packet inspection) and based on a policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: John Edward McDowall, James Sugg, Charles Bransi
  • Patent number: 11665139
    Abstract: Techniques for distributed offload leveraging different offload devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, process, and/or computer program product for distributed offload leveraging different offload devices includes receiving a flow at a firewall of a security service (e.g., a cloud-based security service); inspecting the flow at the firewall to determine meta information associated with the flow; and offloading the flow to an offload entity (e.g., a SmartNIC, software executed on a Network Interface Card (NIC), and/or a network device, such as a network router and/or network switch) based on the meta information associated with the flow (e.g., an application identification associated with the flow determined using deep packet inspection) and based on a policy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: John Edward McDowall, James Sugg, Charles Bransi
  • Publication number: 20220353240
    Abstract: Techniques for distributed offload leveraging different offload devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, process, and/or computer program product for distributed offload leveraging different offload devices includes receiving a flow at a firewall of a security service (e.g., a cloud-based security service); inspecting the flow at the firewall to determine meta information associated with the flow; and offloading the flow to an offload entity (e.g., a SmartNIC, software executed on a Network Interface Card (NIC), and/or a network device, such as a network router and/or network switch) based on the meta information associated with the flow (e.g., an application identification associated with the flow determined using deep packet inspection) and based on a policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: John Edward McDowall, James Sugg, Charles Bransi
  • Publication number: 20220219772
    Abstract: A track pad assembly for a continuous track vehicle includes a track plate and a polymer pad. The track plate includes a plate body having a tread surface, and one or more mesh arrays attached to the tread surface of the plate body. The polymer pad is attached to the mesh array(s) and to interstitial areas of the tread surface defined by cells of the mesh array(s), e.g., by press bonding in conjunction with an adhesive. The polymer pad may be made of an elastomer such as hardened rubber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Rick Atherton, John Bennett Goodloe, Martin Petzoldt, Jason Gardner, James Sugg
  • Patent number: 11267304
    Abstract: The suspension system includes a stabilizer bar which has an opening. The suspension system also includes a linkage, which includes a rod-shaped link and a pair of bushings that are made of a compressible material. The link presents male threads which extend to an end face and a stop out which is spaced from the end face, and the link extends through the opening of the stabilizer bar. One of the bushings is disposed on the rod-shaped link between the stop out and the opening of the stabilizer bar, and the other bushing is disposed on the link between the opening of the stabilizer bar and the locking nut. A locking nut is threadedly engaged with the link such that the end face of the link contacts a closed end of the locking nut. The bushings are partially compressed against the stabilizer bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Motorparts, LLC
    Inventors: Brennan James Sugg, Steve Schmitt, Eric M. Kopsie, Russell Andert
  • Publication number: 20200398626
    Abstract: The suspension system includes a stabilizer bar which has an opening. The suspension system also includes a linkage, which includes a rod-shaped link and a pair of bushings that are made of a compressible material. The link presents male threads which extend to an end face and a stop out which is spaced from the end face, and the link extends through the opening of the stabilizer bar. One of the bushings is disposed on the rod-shaped link between the stop out and the opening of the stabilizer bar, and the other bushing is disposed on the link between the opening of the stabilizer bar and the locking nut. A locking nut is threadedly engaged with the link such that the end face of the link contacts a closed end of the locking nut. The bushings are partially compressed against the stabilizer bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Brennan James Sugg, Steve Schmitt, Eric M. Kopsie, Russell Andert
  • Publication number: 20200018056
    Abstract: A vacuum sewer monitor includes a venturi pipe having an inlet portion, a choke portion, and an outlet portion. The choke portion includes a smaller diameter than the entrance portion and the outlet portion. A first pressure sensor is configured to read a level of pressure at the inlet portion. A second pressure sensor configured to read a level of pressure at the choke portion. A transmitter is configured to send the levels of pressure of the first pressure sensor and the second pressure sensor to a remote computing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Edward Robert Castle, Daniel Edward Saus, Stephen James Suggs
  • Publication number: 20070059954
    Abstract: Rings described herein can be installed in a stuffing box assembly about a rotary element without the need for dismantling the apparatus. A system can comprise at least two rings. Each ring can have a first section and a second section. The first section of the ring has an outer rounded edge, a first mating edge, an inner rounded edge, and a second mating edge. The second section has an outer rounded edge, a first mating edge for abutting the first mating edge of the first section to form a joint, an inner rounded edge, and a second mating edge for abutting the second mating edge of the second section to form a joint. The outer rounded edges of the first and second sections comprise the circumference of the outer edge of the ring when the first and second sections are mated. Each ring can be positioned on top of another ring to align the outer edges of the rings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventor: James Suggs