ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,016, issued on May 27, was assigned to Harman International Industries Inc. (Stamford, Conn.).
"Microphone device with a closed housing and a membrane" was invented by Pablo Diego Regla (Budapest, Hungary) and Zsolt Marton (Zalaegerszeg, Hungary).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a microphone device. The microphone device comprises a closed housing with a sidewall, a microphone arranged within the closed housing, and a membrane at an outer surface of the sidewall wherein a first part of the sidewall has a first thickness and wherein the membrane is comprised by, in particular is formed by, a second part of the s...