ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,500, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Reinke Manufacturing Co. Inc. (Deshler, Neb.).
"Speed control for irrigation systems" was invented by Josiah John Carey (Deshler, Neb.), Drew Ryan Eirich (Bruning, Neb.), Jonathan E. Ireland (Hebron, Neb.) and Russell Scott Reinke (Davenport, Neb.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A speed-control system for an irrigation system may detect when an actual speed of the irrigation system is faster or slower than a target speed of the irrigation system. In some instances, the speed-control system may detect when the actual speed is faster or slower at discrete virtual points of interest and execute com...