US Patent Issued to Johnson Screens on Dec. 9 for "Advanced passive wedge wire screen intake" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,455, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Johnson Screens Inc. (New Brighton, Minn.).

"Advanced passive wedge wire screen intake" was invented by Michael R. Ekholm (Minneapolis), Daryn Bertelson (New Brighton, Minn.), Spencer Buss (New Brighton, Minn.), Klaus Heil (New Brighton, Minn.), Nadine Lacrosse (New Brighton, Minn.), Darrin Lindblom (New Brighton, Minn.), Ehrich Shaw (New Brighton, Minn.) and Mark Watson (New Brighton, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Screen intake assemblies and related methods of fabrication and operation that improve both operational performance and structural strength. The screen intake assembly can inclu...