ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,854, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF WATER RESOURCES AND ELECTRIC POWER (Hangzhou, China).

"Energy irrigation pump truck" was invented by Heng Qian (Hangzhou, China), Chun Xiang (Hangzhou, China), Zhenhua Duan (Hangzhou, China), Sanxia Zhang (Hangzhou, China), Junwei Jiang (Hangzhou, China), Zhanfeng Tu (Hangzhou, China) and Yunrong Shen (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new energy irrigation pump truck is provided, which includes a movable platform arranged on a frame with wheels, a support frame and a water pump assembly arranged on the movable platform, and a charging assembly arranged on a ...