ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,785, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Raven Industries Inc. (Sioux Falls, S.D.).
"Nozzle control system and method" was invented by John D. Preheim (Beresford, S.D.), Brent A. Driesen (Alvord, Iowa) and Jared Ernest Kocer (Sioux Falls, S.D.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods may be used to perform nozzle control. For example, a system includes an overall system pressure valve, configured to adjust the pressure of an agricultural product within a boom. A master node is configured to receive an overall system flow rate measurement, an overall target flow rate, and an overall system pressure measurement. The master nod...