ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,515, issued on May 12, was assigned to CHINA COMMUNICATIONS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY Ltd. (Beijing).
"Floating tunnel shore connecting system, floating tunnel, and floating tunnel construction method thereof" was invented by Wei Lin (Beijing), Yinghui Tian (Beijing) and Haiqing Yin (Beijing).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floating tunnel shore connecting system, a floating tunnel and a floating tunnel construction method are disclosed, where the design method of the floating tunnel is to apply axial tension along one end or two ends of a tube body respectively; The floating tunnel shore connecting system comprises a joint section located...