ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,924, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Qingdao, China).

"Experimental device and method for simulating subsurface erosion process" was invented by Jin Zhang (Qingdao, China), Chuanhao Xi (Qingdao, China), Huazhong Qi (Qingdao, China), Zihan Ma (Qingdao, China), Chuanlong Xu (Qingdao, China) and Mengxue Wang (Qingdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An experimental device and method for simulating a subsurface erosion process is disclosed, including a constant-pressure water supply device, a subsurface erosion generator, and a water-soil collection device. The constant-pressure water supply devi...