ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,741, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to DRUPPS GROUP AB (Uppsala, Sweden).

"Device for continuous and efficient water absorption and regeneration of desiccant, an air cooler, and a method for controlling such a device" was invented by Fredrik Edstrom (Uppsala, Sweden), Per Dahlback (Vange, Sweden) and Jonas Wamstad (Uppsala, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a device for absorbing water using a liquid desiccant and the regeneration of said liquid desiccant by evaporating the absorbed water. The device may further be used in an air cooler. The invention also relates to a method for controlling a devi...