ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,259, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to ams-OSRAM AG (Premstaetten, Austria).
"Earphone coupler" was invented by Dylan Morgan (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Peter McCutcheon (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Martin Schoerkmaier (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coupler for an acoustic device includes a main opening for inserting the acoustic device or an adapter for the acoustic device. The coupler also includes a main channel connected at one end to the main opening. The coupler further includes one or more leakage paths for allowing sound to escape the main channel when in use. The coupler additionally includes one or mo...