ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,617, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to HOHAI UNIVERSITY (Nanjing, China).

"Bus bay with variable berths and operation method therefor" was invented by Rui Li (Nanjing, China), Zhe Chen (Yancheng, China) and Qian Cheng (Dandong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bus bay with variable berths and an operation method therefor include: a bus stop with multiple fixed berths, a variable berth module, an in-station detection module, an off-station detection module, a motorway, and green belts; the bus stop, the variable berth module, the in-station detection module, and the off-station detection module are sequentially disposed side by s...