US Patent Issued to Hunter Industries on June 10 for "Low bypass high torque turbine and stator for a rotating irrigation sprinkler" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,038, issued on June 10, was assigned to Hunter Industries Inc. (San Marcos, Calif.).

"Low bypass high torque turbine and stator for a rotating irrigation sprinkler" was invented by James A. Bell (Vista, Calif.) and Ryan Christopher Bone (Del Mar, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotating sprinkler for irrigation is disclosed. The sprinkler can include a stator spaced upstream from a turbine to form a mixing region therebetween. The stator can define a primary flow path and a bypass flow path. The primary flow path is aligned relative to the plurality of blades so that water exiting the primary flow path traverses the mixing re...