US Patent Issued to Precision Planting on Sept. 30 for "Pressure-based flow meter for a spray nozzle" (North Dakota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,588, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Precision Planting LLC (Tremont, Ill.).

"Pressure-based flow meter for a spray nozzle" was invented by Marshall T. Bremer (Fargo, N.D.) and Daniel R. Wood Jr. (Fargo, N.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spray nozzle for an agricultural sprayer includes a first actively controlled valve configured to control flow through the spray nozzle. A first pressure sensor is disposed upstream of the valve and a second pressure sensor is disposed downstream of the valve. The position of a valve member of the valve can be sensed, and a size of a restrictive orifice defined by the valve can be determined...