ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,328, issued on April 14.
"Heat pump engine" was invented by Qiang Li (Hefei, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention discloses a heat pump engine, which can turn the internal energy of the atmosphere and seawater drawn by the low-boiling refrigerant into kinetic energy to drive the propeller and generator, and become a brand-new power generation equipment and ship propelling power without consuming any fuel and working stably for a long period of time; and it can completely solve a series of problems such as crustal damage, environmental pollution, high power generation cost, and conflict of interest caused by uneven dist...