ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,666, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC (Needham, Mass.).

"Fluid texturing device" was invented by Pierce Barnard (Manly, Australia) and Tao Yi (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid texturing device is provided for use with a beverage brewing apparatus. In one embodiment, the fluid texturing device can include a housing a housing extending between a first end and a second end. The fluid texturing device can also include a hollow driveshaft arranged within the housing and having an air path extending from the first end to the second end of the housing. The hollow driveshaft can include a c...