Patents by Inventor Nicholas D. Wood

Nicholas D. Wood 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: 11925177
    Abstract: A continuously variable nozzle system includes a nozzle body (5) with an inlet and an outlet. A conduit is defined between the inlet and the outlet by a series connection of components which includes a flow meter (10). The flow meter (10) has a chamber (83) with internal helical splines (82) that are configured to interact with a spray liquid passing through the chamber (83) and create a cyclone-like effect. A sphere (52) is located inside the chamber (83) for free movement along a circular path (106). A sensor is located outside of the chamber (83) and configured to detect motion of the sphere (52) and generate an output (9) signal in response to detected motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Intelligent Agricultural Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Marshall T. Bremer, Nicholas Butts, Todd A. Meidinger, Benjamin J. Wolbaum, Daniel R. Wood, Jr., Michael D. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 10541925
    Abstract: Methods and devices for load balancing of connections may include receiving, at a management component on a container host on a computer device, at least one data packet based on a destination IP address of the data packet that corresponds to a plurality of container hosts. The methods and devices may include selecting a destination container from at least one container host on the computer device and other computer devices in communication with the computer device over a virtual network to balance a data load and translating the source IP address of the at least one data packet to a local IP address of the container host. The methods and devices may include changing the destination IP address of the at least one data packet to a virtual IP address of the selected destination container so that the at least one data packet is transformed to a proxy data packet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Vikrant Arora, Dinesh Kumar Govindasamy, Madhan Raj Mookkandy, Sandeep Bansal, Nicholas D. Wood, George Kudrayvtsev
  • Publication number: 20190068505
    Abstract: Methods and devices for load balancing of connections may include receiving, at a management component on a container host on a computer device, at least one data packet based on a destination IP address of the data packet that corresponds to a plurality of container hosts. The methods and devices may include selecting a destination container from at least one container host on the computer device and other computer devices in communication with the computer device over a virtual network to balance a data load and translating the source IP address of the at least one data packet to a local IP address of the container host. The methods and devices may include changing the destination IP address of the at least one data packet to a virtual IP address of the selected destination container so that the at least one data packet is transformed to a proxy data packet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Vikrant ARORA, Dinesh Kumar GOVINDASAMY, Madhan Raj MOOKKANDY, Sandeep BANSAL, Nicholas D. WOOD, George KUDRAYVTSEV
  • Patent number: 9118686
    Abstract: Per process networking capability techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a determination is made as to whether access to a network capability is permitted for a process that is executed on the computing device based on a token that is associated with the process. The token has one or more security identifiers that reference one or more network capabilities described in a manifest. The access to the network capability is managed based on the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Gerardo Diaz-Cuellar, Sermet Iskin, Jorge P. Coronel Mendoza, Scott B. Graham, Nicholas D. Wood
  • Publication number: 20130061309
    Abstract: Per process networking capability techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a determination is made as to whether access to a network capability is permitted for a process that is executed on the computing device based on a token that is associated with the process. The token has one or more security identifiers that reference one or more network capabilities described in a manifest. The access to the network capability is managed based on the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Gerardo Diaz-Cuellar, Sermet Iskin, Jorge P. Coronel Mendoza, Scott B. Graham, Nicholas D. Wood