US Patent Issued to Nothwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences on May 12 for "Integrated steam drill" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,597, issued on May 12, was assigned to Nothwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Lanzhou, China).

"Integrated steam drill" was invented by Haidong Han (Lanzhou, China) and Donghui Shangguan (Lanzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated steam drill includes a drill rod. The drill rod includes a drill bit. A steam generator and an air-liquid mixing assembly are sequentially provided at positions of the drill rod facing toward the drill bit in that order. The air-liquid mixing assembly includes a liquid storage component and an air pipeline. The air pipeline is connected to an atomiz...