ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,848, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Induction heating system for a dryer appliance" was invented by Alexander B. Leibman (Louisville, Ky.) and Nitinkumar Hulsure (Hyderabad, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An induction heating assembly is configured for heating a flow of air in a dryer appliance. The dryer appliance includes an inlet duct in fluid communication with a chamber. The induction heating assembly includes an induction coil for generating an electromagnetic field, a heating plate for generating heat when energized by the electromagnetic field, and a heat exchan...