ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,672, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Sharp K.K. (Sakai, Japan).
"Water collecting apparatus and water collecting method" was invented by Nobuki Sakikawa (Sakai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water collecting apparatus (100) includes a moisture-absorbing material (10) and a heat-conducting member (20). The moisture-absorbing material (10) includes a polymer compound having a property in which a degree of hydrophilicity changes with temperature. The heat-conducting member (20) is disposed facing a portion of an outer surface of the moisture-absorbing material (10) and has thermal conductivity. The heat-conducting member (20...