ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,494, issued on May 12, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Clothes dryer" was invented by Jonghyun Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ohjin Kwon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seongryeol Myeong (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jaeryong Park (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clothes dryer configured to improve a drying performance by facilitating discharge of condensed water. The clothes dryer includes a cabinet, a drum rotatably arranged inside the cabinet, a support plate provided in a lower portion of the cabinet, the support plate including an evaporator mounting member and a condenser mount...