ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,149, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to LG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Apparatus for outputting sound" was invented by Taehyung Kim (Gimpo-si, South Korea), YoungYoon You (Gwangju, South Korea) and GeunChang Park (Goyang-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for outputting sound includes a vibration plate, a vibration element at a rear surface of the vibration plate, and a vibration reflecting member spaced apart from the vibration element to face a lateral surface of the vibration element. The vibration reflecting member includes a metal material."
The patent was filed on Nov. 7, 2023, under Applic...