ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,425, issued on July 28, was assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC (Needham, Mass.).

"Carbonation chamber" was invented by Tie He Yang (Shenzhen, China), Jack Richardson (Yorkshire, Great Britain) and Christopher Meyer-Rassow (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mixing chamber for use in a beverage carbonation system is provided. In one embodiment, the mixing chamber includes a housing, an agitator, a motor assembly and a rigid plate. A housing of the agitator and a housing of the motor assembly can each include a set of magnetics disposed therein and magnetically coupled so as to provide magnetic coupling between the motor assembl...