ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,363,485, issued on July 15, was assigned to SUZHOU LI YUE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Co. LTD. (Suzhou, China).

"Full-frequency band high quality MEMS microphone with a bar and sound tunnels" was invented by Haiou Jin (Suzhou, China), Nianbo Wu (Suzhou, China), Xinxi He (Suzhou, China), Xinzhi Zhu (Suzhou, China), Biying Li (Suzhou, China) and Ping Yang (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A full-frequency band high quality MEMS microphone with a bar and sound tunnels includes a sensor, acoustic chamber, and circuit board; the sensor includes a diaphragm and silicon back plate; the diaphragm is provided with a bar assembly; the bar asse...