ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,363,467, issued on July 15.

"Speaker assembly including a speaker array and a tactile exciter" was invented by Dennis A. Tracy (Culver City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A speaker assembly is shaped and dimensioned for positioning within an internal cavity defined by a valance panel positioned between a passenger service unit and window of an aircraft. The speaker assembly includes a primary micro-speaker array and a tactile exciter extending from and connected to the primary micro-speaker array via a flexible cable."

The patent was filed on Jan. 9, 2023, under Application No. 18/151,937.

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