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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
May. 09, 2022
Valmont Industries, Inc., Omaha, NE (US);
William Hanson, Ames, NE (US);
John Kastl, Wahoo, NE (US);
Valmont Industries, Inc., Omaha, NE (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a system and method for controlling oscillations within an irrigation span assembly. According to a preferred embodiment, a preferred method may include the steps of: detecting a start/stop event input for a first drive tower within a first time period at a first span location; detecting accelerometer data at the first span location within the first time period; processing accelerometer data to identify any oscillations at the first span location by the first span during the first time period; determining whether a detected oscillation is within a predetermined threshold; and programming a solid state relay timer to add an incremented delay to additional start/stop event inputs.