ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,302,050, issued on May 13, was assigned to Bose Corp. (Framingham, Mass.).
"Headphones" was invented by Allen T. Graff (Sutton, Mass.), Daniel C. Haferman (Lynn, Mass.) and Zhen Xu (Milford, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Headphones include a headband a yoke that is pivotably coupled to the headband. The yoke includes first and second yoke arms that each extend from a pivot point to respective distal ends. An earphone is pivotably coupled to the yoke. The earphone includes an earcup that defines first and second recesses for receiving the distal ends of the yoke arms. The earcup and the yoke are configured such that the distal ends...