US Patent Issued to Rain Bird on April 1 for "Irrigation flow sensor systems and methods of detecting irrigation flow" (American, Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,948, issued on April 1, was assigned to Rain Bird Corp. (Azusa, Calif.).

"Irrigation flow sensor systems and methods of detecting irrigation flow" was invented by Steven D. Geerligs (Tucson, Ariz.), Russell Churchill (Phoenix), Randy R. Montgomery (Tucson, Ariz.), Chong Wang Kwak (Tucson, Ariz.), Joseph G. Porrazzo Jr. (Sahuarita, Ariz.), Michael A Landis (Gilbert, Ariz.) and Angel Reyes Archundia (Tijuana, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments provide an irrigation flow sensor system, comprising: a housing forming a fluid channel to cooperate with conduits of an irrigation system; a paddle wheel device with at least...