US Patent Issued to Harman International Industries on Oct. 7 for "Loudspeaker assembly with a waveguide" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,200, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Harman International Industries Inc. (Stamford, Conn.).

"Loudspeaker assembly with a waveguide" was invented by Rishi Daftuar (Ypsilanti, Mich.), David Mossington (Rochester, Mich.) and Matthew Christopher Marrocco (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In at least one embodiment, a loudspeaker assembly is provided. The loudspeaker assembly includes a loudspeaker and a waveguide. The loudspeaker includes a diaphragm to transmit an audio output. The waveguide being asymmetrical and at least partially surrounding the diaphragm. The waveguide being configured to control a directivity of the aud...