Patents by Inventor Michael Pignato

Michael Pignato has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11043795
    Abstract: An irrigation control wiring system includes an irrigation control valve box embedded into an earthen surface and defines an interior cavity below the earthen surface. The system further includes a removable cover adapted for installation over a top opening of the valve box and a back plate attached to an interior surface of the removable cover. The back plate includes multiple wire connectors. A bundle of wires passes into the interior cavity through a first opening in the valve box with each wire having a proximal end connected to at least one of the connectors and a distal end connected to a microcontroller remotely disposed from the valve box. Finally, the system includes individual wires, each coupled to a different one of the connectors at a proximal end and at a distal end to a respective sprinkler remotely disposed from the valve box within a sprinkler zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: TURFCIRCUITS, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Pignato
  • Publication number: 20190148925
    Abstract: An irrigation control wiring system includes an irrigation control valve box embedded into an earthen surface and defines an interior cavity below the earthen surface. The system further includes a removable cover adapted for installation over a top opening of the valve box and a back plate attached to an interior surface of the removable cover. The back plate includes multiple wire connectors. A bundle of wires passes into the interior cavity through a first opening in the valve box with each wire having a proximal end connected to at least one of the connectors and a distal end connected to a microcontroller remotely disposed from the valve box. Finally, the system includes individual wires, each coupled to a different one of the connectors at a proximal end and at a distal end to a respective sprinkler remotely disposed from the valve box within a sprinkler zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventor: Michael Pignato