US Patent Issued to Chang'an University on May 27 for "In-situ detection robot and detection method for geological information without disturbance of in-situ stress" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,950, issued on May 27, was assigned to Chang'an University (Xi'an, China).

"In-situ detection robot and detection method for geological information without disturbance of in-situ stress" was invented by Hengxing Lan (Xi'an, China), Mervyn Lan (Xi'an, China), Bolong Li (Xi'an, China), Zhonghong Dong (Xi'an, China), Hongbing Zhang (Xi'an, China), Weifeng Sun (Xi'an, China) and Bei Zhang (Xi'an, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An in-situ detection robot and method for geological information without disturbance of in-situ stress, including a sleeve, a drilling unit set at the top of the sleeve, a dumping unit set inside the sleeve, ...