ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,726, issued on July 7.

"Pile-supported embankment model test device and method under the action of rainfall and dry-wet cycle" was invented by Kangyu Wang (Hangzhou, China), Jiahuan Ye (Hangzhou, China), Ziliang Qiu (Hangzhou, China), Qunchao Ma (Hangzhou, China), Xinlong Zhou (Hangzhou, China) and Kangze He (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pile-supported embankment model test device and method under an action of rainfall and dry-wet cycle comprises a unit model box system with adjustable model box height, a vertical reinforcement system of a model box unit block, a transverse reinforcement system of the model box uni...