US Patent Issued to SharkNinja Operating on April 7 for "Micro puree machine with partial depth processing" (British, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,941, issued on April 7, was assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC (Needham, Mass.).

"Micro puree machine with partial depth processing" was invented by Helen Williams (London), Sam Bannister (London), Lukas Tubby (Needham, Mass.), Ryan Michienzi (Needham, Mass.), Max He (Needham, Mass.) and Ping Chu (Needham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A micro puree machine includes a mixing shaft coupled to a blade and rotatable by means of a gear. A magnet is coupled to the gear and a rotation sensor is mounted on the machine housing. As the mixing shaft descends into the pre-frozen ingredients, the rotation sensor detects a magnetic field...