US Patent Issued to Deere & Co. on Oct. 14 for "Nozzles with interchangeable inserts for precision application of crop protectant" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,907, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Deere & Co. (Moline, Ill.).

"Nozzles with interchangeable inserts for precision application of crop protectant" was invented by Thomas Welch Brown (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Eric M. Gawehn (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A treatment system for spraying treatment fluid onto plants in a field is described. The treatment system includes a configurable treatment mechanism including an array of nozzles and valve assemblies coupled into manifolds, and manifold assemblies. The nozzle comprises a nozzle housing and an insert assembly contained within the nozzle housing. When couple...