US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on Dec. 9 for "Adjustable fluid nozzle and apparatus including same" (South Korean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,534, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Adjustable fluid nozzle and apparatus including same" was invented by Ryan P. Marrinan (Lino Lakes, Minn.), Scott D. Gullicks (River Falls, Wis.), Hyunwoo Jin (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Ki-Sun Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of a fluid nozzle are disclosed. The nozzle includes a tube having a fluid passageway that extends between an aperture disposed in a first end of the tube and an inlet disposed in a second end of the tube, and a notch disposed in a sidewall of the tube. The notch defines a shield...