US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on Aug. 12 for "Flow plate assembly and method of controlling flow of a fluid" (Oklahoma Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,568, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Flow plate assembly and method of controlling flow of a fluid" was invented by Jonathan D. Forster (Wann, Okla.) and Jacob E. Morris (Oolagah, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flow plate assembly for installation in a housing defines a flow axis of a fluid therethrough and has a flow plate portion. The assembly includes a cap having a cap surface and a cap opening having a cap opening diameter. The assembly further includes a spring having at least one spring opening configured to allow the fluid to flow therethrough. The assembly further includes a flow plate...