US Patent Issued to QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY on Aug. 11 for "Mining vehicle for cobalt-rich crust from the seabed" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,066, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Qingdao, China).

"Mining vehicle for cobalt-rich crust from the seabed" was invented by Ping Fu (Qingdao, China), Junfei Wu (Qingdao, China), Mingwei Chen (Qingdao, China), Huajian Zhou (Qingdao, China), Xinglin Du (Qingdao, China) and Xiaonan Zhang (Qingdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mining vehicle for mining cobalt-rich crusts ore from the seabed includes a walking mechanism; a supporting arm, a crushing and collecting mechanism and a hydraulic circulation mechanism. The supporting arm is set on the walking mechanism, and a rotating s...