US Patent Issued to PRECISION PLANTING on Sept. 23 for "Parameter sensing for a liquid applicator" (North Dakota, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,298, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to PRECISION PLANTING LLC (Tremont, Ill.).

"Parameter sensing for a liquid applicator" was invented by Garrett Maurer (Moorhead, Minn.) and Daniel R. Wood Jr. (Fargo, N.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A parameter sensor for an agricultural sprayer is mounted to an applicator and configured to determine liquid parameters of the liquid flowing through the spray nozzle. The parameter sensing module includes one or both of a flow meter and a pressure sensor. The parameter sensor includes sensor circuitry configured to determine a flow rate based on data generated by the flow meter and determine a ...