ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,154, issued on July 22, was assigned to SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD. (Kobe, Japan).

"Mixing device, bottle unit, and puncture repair kit" was invented by Keiji Takagi (Kobe, Japan), Takashi Maki (Kobe, Japan) and Kazuhiro Tatsumi (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mixing device for mixing a puncture repair liquid and compressed air includes a mixing chamber, a first inlet for supplying the compressed air in a first flow direction to the mixing chamber, a second inlet for supplying the puncture repair liquid to the mixing chamber, and an outlet for discharging a mixture of the puncture repair liquid and the compressed ai...