ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,329, issued on Aug. 19.

"Power generation mechanism applying solar heat together with geothermal heat" was invented by George Uh-Schu Liau (Markham, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power generation mechanism that utilizes solar heat together with geothermal heat is equipped with a boiler and at least one pipeline generator unit. The lower end of the boiler is provided with an input pipe, which can extend deep into the ground to extract dry geothermal heat accumulated in the subterranean layer into the interior of the boiler. The upper end of the boiler is equipped with a solar heat collector, which transfers solar heat to the...