US Patent Issued to Continental Automotive Systems on July 1 for "High pressure water protection speaker or microphone" (Mexican, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,348,921, issued on July 1, was assigned to Continental Automotive Systems Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"High pressure water protection speaker or microphone" was invented by David Marron-Baez (Zapopan, Mexico), Irving Morales Rodriguez (Guadalajara, Mexico), Enrique Chavez Luna (Guadalajara, Mexico) and Ian McKerlich (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle assembly includes a panel or mounting location, a speaker or microphone disposed within the panel for generating or detecting sounds and a cover disposed over the speaker. The cover includes a plurality of openings for the transmission of sound and a corresponding plurality of ...