ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,109, issued on June 24, was assigned to HUNAN SINOBOOM INTELLIGENT EQUIPMENT Co. LTD (Hunan, China).

"Aerial work platform and floating control system thereof" was invented by Guoliang Liu (Hunan, China), Changhui Du (Hunan, China), Yuxiao Zhang (Hunan, China) and Angen Wu (Hunan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerial work platform and a floating control system thereof, the system comprising a driving mechanism, a hydraulic oil tank, a hydraulic pump, a floating control valve, a floating mechanism, a boom function valve, an actuator, and an accumulator: the floating control valve comprises a first one-way valve, a second one...