ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,284,507, issued on April 22, was assigned to Brane Audio LLC (Austin, Texas).

"Force transducers for electroacoustic drivers and loudspeakers containing same" was invented by Joseph F. Pinkerton (Austin, Texas), David A. Badger (Lago Vista, Texas), James A. Andrews (Austin, Texas), William Martin Lackowski (Austin, Texas) and William Neil Everett (Cedar Park, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Force transducers for use in electrostatic drivers, including electrostatic drivers that can be utilized in loudspeaker systems that utilize drivers having a magnetic negative spring (MNS) (such as reluctance assist drivers (RAD) and permanent mag...