ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,331, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device including sound unit" was invented by Choonghyo Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kiwon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Myoungsung Sim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Byounghee Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Woojin Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea), Joonrae Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hochul Hwang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing, a display, and a sound unit configured to output or receive a sound, the sound unit being dis...