ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,884, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Harman International Industries Inc. (Stamford, Conn.).

"Vehicle headrest assembly with configurable speaker modules and control for multiple audio modes" was invented by David Mossington (Rochester, Mich.), Tingli Cai (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Riley Winton (Opelika, Ala.), Adam Michael Sachs (Bloomfield Township, Mich.), Christopher Ludwig (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) and Christopher Michael Trestain (Livonia, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A headrest assembly for a vehicle includes a head support having a front side, a back side, a left side, and a right side. A left support arm is coupled to th...