ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,570, issued on June 24, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Dryer" was invented by Changbae Yeom (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yeonju Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hyemin Cha (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dryer includes a cabinet, a drum disposed inside the cabinet to accommodate an object to be dried, a first opening disposed on a front side of the cabinet to enable the object to be dried to be placed into the drum, a heat exchanger disposed inside the cabinet to exchange heat with air, a second opening disposed on the front side of the cabinet, and a dehumidification unit. T...