ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,685, issued on June 3, was assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Tokyo).
"Input device" was invented by Masaho Morita (Tokyo) and Hiromasu Kaburaki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exterior member for an input device includes: a housing having an upper surface on which one or more operation members for manipulation by a user are arranged, and a middle portion located between right and left portions, respectively of the housing; a first sound hole extending from an exterior, through the exterior member, to an interior of the housing, the first sound hole allowing sound to propagate to a first location within the hous...