US Patent Issued to SharkNinja Operating on Sept. 16 for "Micro puree machine with fixed motors" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,654, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC (Needham, Mass.).

"Micro puree machine with fixed motors" was invented by Ping Chu (Needham, Mass.), Thomas Zhang (Shenzhen, China), Yanfeng Wang (Shenzhen, China), Ming Li Shi (Guangdong, China), Xu Sheng Deng (Needham, Mass.) and Kai Ping Hu (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A micro puree machine has a mixing shaft attachable to a blade that is subject to both linear and rotational movement. A drive motor is contained within a lower portion of the machine housing and operatively couples to a first gear that engages a second gear on the mixing shaft fo...