ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,988, issued on July 22, was assigned to Bose Corp. (Framingham, Mass.).
"Headphones" was invented by Lei Cheng (Wellesley, Mass.) and Ole Mattis Nielsen (Cambridgeshire, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A headphone includes an earphone that includes an earcup, an ear cushion, and a driver plate assembly. The driver plate assembly is supported in the earcup and includes a driver plate, a driver mounted along a rear surface of the driver plate, an opening that is provided in the driver plate to allow acoustic energy to pass from the driver into a user's ear canal, a ring that is arranged substantially coaxially with the ope...