ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,583, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Sonion Nederland B.V. (Hoofddorp, Netherlands).

"Transducer and portable audio device comprising such a transducer" was invented by Michele Colloca (Hoofddorp, Netherlands), Gerardus Johannes Franciscus Theodorus Van Der Beek (Hoofddorp, Netherlands), Camiel Eugene Groffen (Hoofddorp, Netherlands) and Jan Hijman (Hoofddorp, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a transducer comprising a housing, the housing at least partly accommodating: at least one moveable element; at least one drive means for moving the at least one moveable element, the at least one drive mean...