ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,309,566, issued on May 20, was assigned to POWERSOFT S.P.A. (Scandicci, Italy).
"Sound diffuser and a method for diffusing a sound through a sound diffuser" was invented by Claudio Lastrucci (Lastra a Signa, Italy) and Leonardo Bracciotti (Montespertoli, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sound diffuser includes a housing and a transducer inside the housing. The transducer includes: a coil including a plurality of turns, each lying on a respective plane (Gamma) transverse to a longitudinal axis; a ferromagnetic circuit, including a core provided with a central portion around which the coil is wound and an outer lateral portion locate...