ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,432,478, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Dongguan Beiou Intelligent Technology Co. Ltd. (Dongguan, China).

"Headphone that can easily replace multiple components without the need for professional tools" was invented by Yiyong Liu (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A headphone that can replace multiple components without the need for professional tools includes two headphone bodies, which are connected together through headbands. A sheath is provided on the inner side of the headband facing the headphone body, and the end of the sheath is detachably connected to the headband. The bottom of one headphone body is connected...