ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,626, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Ask Industries GmbH (Niederwinkling, Germany).

"Apparatus for outputting an audio signal in a vehicle cabin" was invented by Daniel Kotulla (Mitterfels, Germany) and James Rex (Offenberg/Neuhause, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus (2) for outputting an audio signal (3) in a vehicle cabin (4), the apparatus (2) comprising: at least one audio outputting device (6) configured to output an audio signal (3), particularly an audio signal (3) comprising at least one audio signal component containing a human voice, particularly a singer's voice, in a vehicle cabin (4); at least one audio...