ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,922, issued on July 15, was assigned to FORBES REHAB SERVICES INC. (Mansfield, Ohio).

"Audio output module for use in artificial voice systems" was invented by Paul W. Forbes (Lexington, Ohio) and Clayton Prescan Smeltz (Mansfield, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention disclosed is an improved audio output module for use with an artificial voice generation device, having a housing separated into a sound system chamber, an interface chamber, and a power source chamber. The interface and power source chambers may be combined. The sound chamber is isolated from external air by the housing, the cover plate, and a separating w...