ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,444, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to AUDIO TECHNICA Corp. (Machida, Japan).
"Microphone fixing device" was invented by Satoshi Yoshino (Machida, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microphone fixing device includes a support shaft inserted into a fitting hole of a base with the microphone attached to the top end, a spacer ring fitted into the lower end of the support shaft, and a nut screwed onto the support shaft to press the spacer ring to the lower surface of the base, a gap allowing a microphone cable to be inserted is provided between the support shaft and the fitting hole, the spacer ring includes a small diameter part en...