ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,772, issued on June 23, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Laundry appliance with heat pump having improved evaporator efficiency" was invented by Victor Jafet Vargas (Stevensville, Mich.), Mohsin M. Attar (Maharashtra, India), Ajiket J. Patil (Maharashtra, India) and Shubham Phapale (Maharashtra, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat pump dryer includes a cabinet, a drum rotatably supported within the cabinet, a heat pump including a condenser and an evaporator that are arranged in fluid communication with each other and a floating base plate that is dynamically supported within the cabinet such that the ...