US Patent Issued to DEERE &COMPANY on June 17 for "Work vehicle sprayer system and method with pinching nozzle apparatus" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,179, issued on June 17, was assigned to DEERE &COMPANY (Moline, Ill.).

"Work vehicle sprayer system and method with pinching nozzle apparatus" was invented by Bran Ferren (Beverly Hills, Calif.), Donald Lariviere (Glendale, Calif.) and James Hirahara (Alhambra, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nozzle apparatus is configured to distribute a primary fluid. The nozzle apparatus includes a support plate; a fluid manifold; a fluid nozzle element; an actuator gear assembly; and a pincher gear assembly having a first pincher gear and a second pincher gear mounted on the support plate. The actuator gear assembly is configured to drive...