ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,172, issued on March 25, was assigned to Roku Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Compression loaded slit shaped waveguide" was invented by Kasper Andersen (Aarhus, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method and/or computer program product embodiments, and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for a sound source with an array of slit shaped waveguide exits. An example embodiment of the sound source includes one or more drivers configured to receive an audio signal current and to generate pressurized air. The sound source further includes one or more chambers coupled to...