US Patent Issued to ALPS ALPINE on Dec. 30 for "Speaker" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,440, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to ALPS ALPINE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Speaker" was invented by Ryosuke Tachi (Fukushima, Japan) and Ryo Ito (Fukushima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A speaker that is configured to emit ultrasonic waves includes an ultrasonic emission unit, a reflector, and a louver unit. The ultrasonic emission unit is configured to emit ultrasonic waves in an emission direction. The reflector is disposed at a side of the ultrasonic emission unit from which the ultrasonic waves are emitted. The reflector is configured to reflect the ultrasonic waves emitted from the ultrasonic emission unit in a predetermined...