ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,452,572, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to SHENZHEN SHOKZ Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Earphones" was invented by Lei Zhang (Shenzhen, China), Peigeng Tong (Shenzhen, China), Guolin Xie (Shenzhen, China), Yongjian Li (Shenzhen, China), Jiang Xu (Shenzhen, China), Tao Zhao (Shenzhen, China), Duoduo Wu (Shenzhen, China), Ao Ji (Shenzhen, China) and Xin Qi (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an earphone comprising a sound production component and a suspension structure. The sound production component includes a diaphragm and a housing. In a wearing state, the suspension structure is used to place...