ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,058, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Amazonen-Werke H. Dreyer SE & Co. KG (Hasbergen, Germany).
"Method for actuating a solenoid valve which is used for throughflow rate control of an agricultural spreading machine" was invented by Markus Trentmann (Wallenhorst, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for actuating a solenoid valve, which is used for throughflow rate control, of an agricultural spreading machine, wherein the solenoid valve has a valve armature, comprising: energizing the solenoid valve in order to cause an opening movement of the valve armature and/or in order to hold the valve armature in an open position...