ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,020, issued on July 21, was assigned to FAURECIA SYSTEMES D'ECHAPPEMENT (Nanterre, France).
"Mobile fluid expulsion device" was invented by Thomas Podkolinkski (Somerset, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method are provided for expelling a fluid, including vapor and liquid sprays. A spray is expelled at high velocities from a heated chamber via an exit valve. The chamber includes a flow member or structure that directs and controls the flow of the fluid from an inlet orifice to an outlet orifice along a non-linear path. This prevents the liquid from moving in a wave motion within the chamber if the appara...