ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,363,472, issued on July 15, was assigned to Sonos Inc. (Goleta, Calif.).
"Acoustic port for a playback device" was invented by Paul Peace (Boston), Charles LaColla (Woodland Hills, Calif.), Wei Yang (Boston), Briet Louise Brown (Boston), Thomas Dubrowski (Middleboro, Mass.), Nathaniel Shankute (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Greg Tracy (Goleta, Calif.), Anthony Ferraro (Somerville, Mass.) and Samuel Feine (Quincy, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A playback device includes a housing defining an acoustic volume therein, one or more audio transducers disposed at least partially within the housing, and an acoustic port extending through the ho...