ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,147, issued on July 8, was assigned to GoPro Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.).

"Submersible speaker system with a compressible spacer" was invented by Bryan C. Asuncion (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera system having a camera housing, a loudspeaker grille, a housing lip, and a loudspeaker system. The camera housing has an exterior that form sides of the camera housing. A loudspeaker grille is disposed within the camera housing. The loudspeaker grille has an exterior surface that is substantially flush with the exterior of the camera housing. A housing lip is located on an interior of the camera housing. A loudspeaker syst...