Patents by Inventor Stuart Hackwell

Stuart Hackwell 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).

  • IRRIGATION CONTROL BASED ON A USER ENTERED NUMBER OF WATERING PASSES
    Publication number: 20250010321
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system for controlling irrigation comprises an irrigation control unit comprising: an input configured to receive a user entered number of watering passes for a rotary sprinkler configured to repetitively rotate about an arc and irrigate an area of an irrigation site, wherein each rotation about the arc comprises a watering pass; a memory to store the number of watering passes and arc rotation data for the rotary sprinkler corresponding to a time duration for the rotary sprinkler to make the watering pass about the arc; and a control circuit configured to: receive the number of watering passes; receive the arc rotation data; determine a run time that will result in irrigation by the rotary sprinkler about the arc for the user entered number of passes; and store the run time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Patrick V. Loper, Stuart Hackwell, David E. Colombo
  • Irrigation control based on a user entered number of watering passes
    Patent number: 12097516
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system for controlling irrigation comprises an irrigation control unit comprising: an input configured to receive a user entered number of watering passes for a rotary sprinkler configured to repetitively rotate about an arc and irrigate an area of an irrigation site, wherein each rotation about the arc comprises a watering pass; a memory to store the number of watering passes and arc rotation data for the rotary sprinkler corresponding to a time duration for the rotary sprinkler to make the watering pass about the arc; and a control circuit configured to: receive the number of watering passes; receive the arc rotation data; determine a run time that will result in irrigation by the rotary sprinkler about the arc for the user entered number of passes; and store the run time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Rain Bird Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick V. Loper, Stuart Hackwell, David E. Colombo
  • IRRIGATION CONTROL BASED ON A USER ENTERED NUMBER OF WATERING PASSES
    Publication number: 20230356247
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system for controlling irrigation comprises an irrigation control unit comprising: an input configured to receive a user entered number of watering passes for a rotary sprinkler configured to repetitively rotate about an arc and irrigate an area of an irrigation site, wherein each rotation about the arc comprises a watering pass; a memory to store the number of watering passes and arc rotation data for the rotary sprinkler corresponding to a time duration for the rotary sprinkler to make the watering pass about the arc; and a control circuit configured to: receive the number of watering passes; receive the arc rotation data; determine a run time that will result in irrigation by the rotary sprinkler about the arc for the user entered number of passes; and store the run time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Patrick V. Loper, Stuart Hackwell, David E. Colombo
  • Irrigation control based on a user entered number of watering passes
    Patent number: 11738361
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system for controlling irrigation comprises an irrigation control unit comprising: an input configured to receive a user entered number of watering passes for a rotary sprinkler configured to repetitively rotate about an arc and irrigate an area of an irrigation site, wherein each rotation about the arc comprises a watering pass; a memory to store the number of watering passes and arc rotation data for the rotary sprinkler corresponding to a time duration for the rotary sprinkler to make the watering pass about the arc; and a control circuit configured to: receive the number of watering passes; receive the arc rotation data; determine a run time that will result in irrigation by the rotary sprinkler about the arc for the user entered number of passes; and store the run time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: RAIN BIRD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Patrick V. Loper, Stuart Hackwell, David E. Colombo
  • IRRIGATION CONTROL BASED ON A USER ENTERED NUMBER OF WATERING PASSES
    Publication number: 20210229124
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a system for controlling irrigation comprises an irrigation control unit comprising: an input configured to receive a user entered number of watering passes for a rotary sprinkler configured to repetitively rotate about an arc and irrigate an area of an irrigation site, wherein each rotation about the arc comprises a watering pass; a memory to store the number of watering passes and arc rotation data for the rotary sprinkler corresponding to a time duration for the rotary sprinkler to make the watering pass about the arc; and a control circuit configured to: receive the number of watering passes; receive the arc rotation data; determine a run time that will result in irrigation by the rotary sprinkler about the arc for the user entered number of passes; and store the run time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Patrick V. Loper, Stuart Hackwell, David E. Colombo