ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,298, issued on May 27.

"Gas deflector" was invented by Wei-Ping Chang (Tainan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas deflector contains: a body and a guide unit. The body includes at least one inflow orifice, at least one outflow orifice, and multiple suction orifices. The guide unit includes a support plate, a through orifice, a conduct assembly, a collection assembly including a collecting channel, and a spray orifice. The conduct assembly includes two guiders, a drain orifice extending along the conduct assembly and corresponding to the through orifice and the collecting channel. The collection assembly corresponds to the dr...