Patents by Inventor Jaya NARAIN

Jaya NARAIN 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: 11937556
    Abstract: Drip irrigation emitters having low activation pressures, desirable flow rates, and are configured to clog less than existing emitters are provided. The disclosed emitters include membrane cavities that are devoid of a channel and a land to help advance fluid through the cavity, to an outlet, and to an outside environment. Instead, the membrane cavities have various shapes and configurations that, in conjunction with a depressed membrane, help to drive fluid out of the membrane cavity and to an outside environment. The shapes of the membrane cavities include a sinusoidal configuration, a cylindrical shape configuration, and a flat bottom configuration. Various features of such emitters, and methods of using the same, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Julia Sokol, Jaya Narain, Amos Greene Winter, V, Jeffrey Costello, Dheekshita Kumar, Tristan J. McLaurin
  • Publication number: 20220046869
    Abstract: Systems and methods for modeling ways to best design pressure-controlled drip irrigation emitters are provided. The systems and methods are designed to help reduce activation pressure while maintaining a substantially constant, desirable flow rate in an irrigation system. Various parameters that impact the activation pressure and the flow rate can be adjusted to assist in finding optimal designs. The parameters can at least include one or more of resistances in a flow path, resistances in a membrane cavity, a membrane, or placement of a membrane with respect to a membrane cavity. Optimal designs for such emitters based on the discloses systems and methods are provided, including at least one exemplary embodiment in which a length of a flow path is substantially reduced as compared to known emitters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Julia SOKOL, Jaya NARAIN, Amos Greene WINTER, V, Jeffrey COSTELLO, Dheekshita KUMAR, Tristan J. MCLAURIN
  • Publication number: 20220046870
    Abstract: Drip irrigation emitters having low activation pressures, desirable flow rates, and are configured to clog less than existing emitters are provided. The disclosed emitters include membrane cavities that are devoid of a channel and a land to help advance fluid through the cavity, to an outlet, and to an outside environment. Instead, the membrane cavities have various shapes and configurations that, in conjunction with a depressed membrane, help to drive fluid out of the membrane cavity and to an outside environment. The shapes of the membrane cavities include a sinusoidal configuration, a cylindrical shape configuration, and a flat bottom configuration. Various features of such emitters, and methods of using the same, are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Julia SOKOL, Jaya NARAIN, Amos Greene WINTER, V, Jeffrey COSTELLO, Dheekshita KUMAR, Tristan J. MCLAURIN
  • Patent number: 10162395
    Abstract: The description relates to devices, such as computing devices. One example can include a sandwich structured composite housing. The example can also include a set of electronic components positioned over the sandwich structured composite housing. The set of electronic components can have a profile against the sandwich structured composite housing. The sandwich structured composite housing can have a corresponding negative profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kurt A. Jenkins, Edward Burress, Jaya Narain, Robert J. Bergeson, Andrew W. Hill, Taylor Stellman
  • Publication number: 20170097665
    Abstract: The description relates to devices, such as computing devices. One example can include a sandwich structured composite housing. The example can also include a set of electronic components positioned over the sandwich structured composite housing. The set of electronic components can have a profile against the sandwich structured composite housing. The sandwich structured composite housing can have a corresponding negative profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kurt A. JENKINS, Edward BURRESS, Jaya NARAIN, Robert J. BERGESON, Andrew W. HILL, Taylor STELLMAN
  • Patent number: 9575523
    Abstract: The description relates to devices, such as computing devices. One example can include a sandwich structured composite housing. The example can also include a set of electronic components positioned over the sandwich structured composite housing. The set of electronic components can have a profile against the sandwich structured composite housing. The sandwich structured composite housing can have a corresponding negative profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kurt A. Jenkins, Edward Burress, Jaya Narain, Robert J. Bergeson, Andrew W. Hill, Taylor Stellman
  • Publication number: 20160216748
    Abstract: The description relates to devices, such as computing devices. One example can include a sandwich structured composite housing. The example can also include a set of electronic components positioned over the sandwich structured composite housing. The set of electronic components can have a profile against the sandwich structured composite housing. The sandwich structured composite housing can have a corresponding negative profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kurt A. JENKINS, Edward BURRESS, Jaya NARAIN, Robert J. BERGESON, Andrew W. HILL, Taylor STELLMAN