ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,223, issued on July 14, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Dryer and method for controlling same" was invented by Seokmo Chang (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hyungwoo Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dryer including a drum; a heat pump including a compressor, evaporator, condenser, and electronic expansion valve; a user interface; a power module to control power supply to the compressor motor and the drum motor; a duct to receive air from the drum so that the received air flows in the duct to be heated by operation of an evaporator and condenser, and to discharge the heated ...