US Patent Issued on May 19 for "Acoustical damping system for headphones" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,634,612, issued on May 19.

"Acoustical damping system for headphones" was invented by Zachary Arthur Mehrbach (Lyons, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A damping system for an ear cup headphone design. The damping system introduces a completely enclosed inner acoustic volume in the rear volume of the ear cup by way of supporting a baffle damper spaced apart from the driver of the ear cup, wherein the density of the baffle damper diffuses acoustic wave rearwardly emanating from the driver. Additional damper masses of different relative densities may occupy the rear volume rearward of baffle damper."

The patent was filed on Oct. 30, 2023...