ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,402,704, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to SZ ZUVI TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Apparatuses and methods for safely drying an object" was invented by Mingyu Wang (Shenzhen, China) and Xingwang Xu (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatuses and methods for drying objects are provided. The apparatus can comprise a housing configured to provide an airflow channel having an airflow inlet and an airflow outlet, an airflow generating element configured to generate an airflow through the airflow channel, and one or more radiation energy sources configured to generate infrared radiation and direct the infrared radiatio...