ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,168, issued on June 23, was assigned to GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT Co. LTD. (Foshan, China).

"Dehumidifier" was invented by Zhiming Zhang (Foshan, China), Tianhong Zhu (Foshan, China) and Fashen Liu (Foshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dehumidifier includes a middle partition plate, a water tank provided at one side of the middle partition plate, a mounting bracket including a fixation structure provided at an outer surface of the mounting bracket, a liquid level detector provided at the mounting bracket, and a water pump assembly including a suction pipe provided at the fixation structure. A water inlet end of th...