US Patent Issued to Valmont Industries on Dec. 9 for "System, method and apparatus for providing a solar pump system for use within a mechanized irrigation system" (Nebraska Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,693, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Valmont Industries Inc. (Omaha, Neb.).

"System, method and apparatus for providing a solar pump system for use within a mechanized irrigation system" was invented by Daniel P. Stromp (Valley, Neb.) and John Kastl (Wahoo, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a solar power system for use with a mechanized irrigation system. According to a first preferred embodiment, the solar power system of the present includes solar panels which produce DC current which is used to power the irrigation system and to store water in an elevated storage tank. The systems of the present i...