US Patent Issued to Ohio State Innovation Foundation on April 29 for "Solar-driven membrane-based open-cycle adsorption air conditioner" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,719, issued on April 29, was assigned to Ohio State Innovation Foundation (Columbus, Ohio).

"Solar-driven membrane-based open-cycle adsorption air conditioner" was invented by Jordan D. Clark (Columbus, Ohio), Casey Wade (Columbus, Ohio) and W. S. Winston Ho (Columbus, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air conditioning system and method of air conditioning is provided. The air conditioning system includes an intake mechanism configured to draw into the air conditioner a first amount of air and an amount of moisture from an exterior of the air conditioner. The system further includes metal organic frameworks in fluid communication...