ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,665, issued on June 23, was assigned to Brillian Network & Automation Integrated System Co. Ltd. (Miaoli County, Taiwan).

"Nozzle" was invented by Yung-Chou Chen (Miaoli County, Taiwan), Sheng-Chi Hsu (Miaoli County, Taiwan), Yi-Jun Gu (Miaoli County, Taiwan) and Chi-Hao Lin (Miaoli County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nozzle is provided and includes a carrying segment, an assembling segment, a conical frustum segment, and at least one ring-shaped rib formed on the carrying segment and surrounding the conical frustum segment. The carrying segment has a top side and an opposite bottom side. The assembling segment is formed ...