ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,648, issued on May 19, was assigned to SHANGHAI VISION MECHANICAL JOINT Co. LTD. (Shanghai).

"Split-type blade, fluid driving device and fluid driving proportional mixer" was invented by Zhigang Lu (Shanghai) and Xubin Lu (Ningbo, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A split-type blade, a fluid drive device and a fluid drive proportional mixer. The split-type blade is used as a component of the fluid drive device to convert pressure energy of fluid into mechanical energy. The split-type blade comprises: one or more push rods, each push rod being suitable for being arranged on a rotor of the fluid drive device in a radially slidable ma...