ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,195, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to AISIN Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Fine water discharging element, fine water discharge device and method for manufacturing fine water discharging element" was invented by Shinsuke Inoue (Aichi, Japan), Yoko Adachi (Aichi, Japan), Akiyoshi Hirano (Aichi, Japan), Akira Yamaguro (Aichi, Japan), Keiko Yokoyama (Aichi, Japan), Machiyo Yasuda (Aichi, Japan) and Mariko Yumisashi (Aichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The fine water discharging element capable of transitioning between an adsorption state where water contained in a fluid to be treated is adsorbed and a discharge state where the adso...