ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,816, issued on April 22, was assigned to Rain Bird Corp. (Azusa, Calif.).
"Hydro-power generation for irrigation control" was invented by Michael J. Millius (Vail, Ariz.), Leo M. Pedlow Jr. (Vail, Ariz.), Riccardo J. Tresso (Oro Valley, Ariz.) and Steven D. Geerligs (Tucson, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments provide hydro-power generation systems for irrigation systems. In some embodiments, a system comprises a generator comprising a turbine at least partially inserted into a fluid flow path of a conduit of the irrigation system and to be activated by a fluid flow in the conduit, wherein the generator is to output ...