ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,781, issued on May 6, was assigned to EUNHA AIRTECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Asan-si, South Korea).

"Air dryer and method for drying compressed air using same" was invented by In Ho Ko (Pyeongtaek-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air dryer includes a pair of main air dryer dehumidification tanks in which a dehumidification process and a regeneration process are alternately performed; a main compressor for compressing wet air to supply the wet air to an inlet line; a first direction switching valve unit; a regeneration special dryer; a second direction switching valve unit; a heating unit; and a cooler, wherein a path of coole...