ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,936, issued on July 14, was assigned to INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY (Seoul, South Korea).

"Pneumatic energy generation device" was invented by Dong Jun Shin (Seoul, South Korea) and Seung Ryeol Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pneumatic energy generation device includes at least one pneumatic generation unit including a pneumatic supply member that supplies stored pneumatic energy to an actuator, a pneumatic generation member that generates the pneumatic energy by adjusting the pressure of the pneumatic supply member, and at least one pneumatic reinforcement unit including a liq...