ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,395,796, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to SHENZHEN SHOKZ Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Loudspeaker apparatus" was invented by Chaowu Li (Shenzhen, China), Yongjian Li (Shenzhen, China) and Yueqiang Wang (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A loudspeaker apparatus includes a circuit housing configured to accommodate a circuit component or a battery; an ear hook; a housing of an earphone core configured to accommodate the earphone core; and a housing protector at least partially covering a periphery of the circuit housing and the ear hook. A first end of the ear hook is connected to the circuit housing. The earphone core is dri...