ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,231,840, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to SHENZHEN SHOKZ Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Loudspeaker apparatus" was invented by Yongjian Li (Shenzhen, China), Haofeng Zhang (Shenzhen, China) and Fen You (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure discloses a loudspeaker apparatus. The loudspeaker apparatus may include a circuit housing, an ear hook, a rear hook, a loudspeaker component, and a magnetic connector. The circuit housing may be configured to accommodate a control circuit or a battery component. The ear hook may be connected to one end of the circuit housing and at least partially covered by a first pr...