ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,401, issued on May 27, was assigned to AGCO Corp. (Duluth, Ga.).
"Aerial boom with through-fan spray" was invented by Mark Aron Crowley (Spirit Lake, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a boom for a sprayer vehicle, comprising: a fluid-carrying medium; one or more first nozzles fluidly coupled to the fluid-carrying medium; and plural unmanned aerial vehicles tethered together, the plural unmanned aerial vehicles each comprising plural fans, wherein the one or more first nozzles are arranged to discharge material through one or more fans of the plural fans."
The patent was filed on June 4, 2024, under Application N...