ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,244,249, issued on March 4, was assigned to Wolong Electric Group Co. Ltd. (Zhejiang, China).

"System and method for advanced electronic starting switch assembly for split-phase induction motors for domestic dryers" was invented by Dingsheng Lin (Venetia, Pa.), Zheng Zhang (Saint Joseph, Mich.), Qianjie Ye (Jinan, China), Hailing Li (Jinan, China), Jiyi Sun (Jinan, China), Jie Liu (Jinan, China), Changping Yang (Shenzhen, China), Wangyong Liu (Shenzhen, China) and Shudong Zhu (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic starting switch assembly and control methods for a dryer having a split-phase induction motor. The ass...