MUMBAI, India, May 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641062084 A) filed by SR University, Warangal, Telangana, on May 15, for 'automated system for road restoration utilizing rainwater.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. K. Poongodi; Amgothu Sai Kiran; and Dr. P. Murthi.
The application for the patent was published on May 29, under issue no. 22/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An automated system for road restoration utilizing rainwater, comprising a vertical hollow column 101 positioned on a pavement of a road, a sensor array monitors environmental conditions, traffic density and scan a road, a curved sliding gate 118 to open and enable a mobile body 103 to precisely navigate, monitor material composition and surface integrity of road surface, a storage chamber 109 for storing a mixture thermally maintained at a pre-defined temperature, via an integrated heating element 110 linked with a temperature sensor, a sprayer array 111 to apply a uniform layer of mixture over damaged portions and to adjust thickness and gradient of dispensed mixture to form channel gaps for surface water drainage, a rainwater management assembly to align with channel gaps and direct rainwater toward a container 113, and a plurality of sprinklers 114 adapted for targeted distribution of filtered water towards road surfaces or roadside vegetation."
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