ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,281, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, Calif.).
"Fluid blending devices" was invented by Michael R. Johnson (Pasadena, Calif.), Weibo Chen (Pasadena, Calif.), Andrew B. Berg (Pasadena, Calif.), Patrick Degrosse Jr. (Pasadena, Calif.), John Luke Wolff (Pasadena, Calif.), Evan W. Hilgemann (Pasadena, Calif.) and Noah T. Fox (Pasadena, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and devices for blending of fluids are disclosed. A fluid blender has a fluid inlet to receive a fluid, a nozzle with a convergent shape tapering down towards a nozzle end, a mixing chamber with holes arranged o...