ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,227, issued on July 1.
"Modular valvular conduit upwelling system" was invented by Stanton J. M. Collins Jr. (Cedar Park, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and associated methods relate to upwelling systems having an array of valvular conduit modules that induce upwelling in a fluid body in response to wave motion. In an illustrative example, each valvular conduit module may be formed as a unitary rigid body extending along a longitudinal axis. The array of valvular conduit modules may be supported, for example, in a substantially vertical orientation by a float module when the system is immersed in the fluid body. The ar...