US Patent Issued to SharkNinja Operating on Nov. 25 for "Extrusion assembly for a micro-puree machine" (Chinese, American, Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,217, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC (Needham, Mass.).

"Extrusion assembly for a micro-puree machine" was invented by Noah William Weinstock (Boston), Pierce James Barnard (Manly, Australia), Ming Li Shi (Guangdong, China), Kaiping Hu (Guangdong, China) and Xu Sheng Deng (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An extrusion assembly for a micro-puree machine uses a plunger coupled to the main driven shaft to push the processed ingredients out of a nozzle coupled to the bowl. The plunger includes a seal around its perimeter to ensure maximum contact with the walls of the bowl and thus allow for maxi...