ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,880, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Dryer appliance and infuser assembly" was invented by Alexander B. Leibman (Prospect, Ky.), Venkata Chakradhar Rangu (Louisville, Ky.) and Jay Pareshbhai Shinde (Hyderabad, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dryer appliance may include a cabinet, a drum, a supply line, an infuser reservoir, and an air impeller. The drum may be rotatably mounted within the cabinet, the drum defining a drying chamber for the receipt of clothes for drying. The supply line may define an air path in upstream fluid communication with the drying chamber. The s...