Rain Bird Corporation

Patrick J Hibbs

John E Price

Bradley H Dolbin

Parthiv A Rajgor

Jiangjiang Dai

Michael Albert McAfee

Riccardo James Tresso

Randy Ray Montgomery

Michael Joseph Millius

Michael A Mcafee

Some embodiments provide irrigation generator systems that include a main conduit comprising an inlet conduit and an outlet conduit; a flow control system positioned within the main conduit; a generator conduit comprising a generator inlet conduit and a generator outlet conduit, wherein the generator inlet conduit is fluidly coupled with the main conduit upstream of the flow control system, the generator outlet conduit is fluidly coupled with the main conduit downstream of the flow control system; and a generator comprising a rotor assembly cooperated with generator conduit to be physically activated by a flow of fluid through the generator conduit causing rotation of the rotor assembly and generates electrical power. The flow control system transitions between a closed state to the open state in response to a water pressure exceeding a pressure threshold.

Self-powered irrigation systems, generator systems and methods of controlling irrigation

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Gilbert, AZ, United States of America

Patrick J Hibbs