ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,231, issued on May 5, was assigned to SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY (Shanghai).

"Self-adaptive multi-mode device for high-efficiency and all-weather water harvesting from air" was invented by Tingxian Li (Shanghai), Pengfei Wang (Shanghai) and Jiaxing Xu (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a self-adaptive multi-mode device for high-efficiency and all-weather water harvesting from air. Electromagnetic three-way valves and a four-way reversing valve are controlled by a PLC module integrated with energy efficiency algorithms, thus realizing a device for water harvesting from air capable of self-adaptively switching workin...