US Patent Issued to Harman International Industries on Dec. 9 for "Headrest with side-firing loudspeakers" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,246, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Harman International Industries Inc. (Stamford, Conn.).

"Headrest with side-firing loudspeakers" was invented by Rishi Daftuar (Ypsilanti, Mich.), David Mossington (Rochester, Mich.) and Matthew Christopher Marrocco (Lapeer, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "At least one loudspeaker module having a loudspeaker driver mounted inside a headrest behind a lateral non-contact surface of the headrest and is oriented so that a central axis of radiation is along a lateral direction, x, of the headrest. A waveguide has an opening in the lateral direction, x, and an exit opening in a forward direction, ...