ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,044, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES Inc. (Stamford, Conn.).
"Earphone" was invented by Endong Li (Guangdong, China), Tieyi Liang (Guangdong, China) and Jinhua Zou (Guangdong, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An earphone comprises a housing defining an audio opening; a speaker driver positioned within the housing; and a body temperature measuring module. The audio opening is configured to be positioned within or facing toward an ear canal of a wearer in a wearing position of the earphone. The speaker driver comprises a diaphragm facing toward the audio opening, defining an audio channel between...