ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,018, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Agilent Technologies Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Load adapter for improved packing bed stability" was invented by Norwin Rolf Leonhard Von-Doehren (Santa Clara, Calif.), Peter Van-Keulen (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Roman Van-Keulen (Santa Clara, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some examples, a load adapter may include a body including an elongated shaft that includes an inlet passage that is in fluid communication with at least one outlet hole. The at least one outlet hole may be dimensioned to provide an opening area that is between approximately 5% to approximately 90% of a face of the ...