ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,281, issued on April 14, was assigned to AUDI AG (Ingolstadt, Germany).

"Head support comprising a noise-suppression device, and vehicle seat" was invented by Alexander Bart (Ingolstadt, Germany) and Edwin Ollefers (Ingolstadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A headrest which is designed to at least partially surround a head. The headrest has a device for noise suppression, which is arranged on a side of the headrest (facing toward a head position."

The patent was filed on June 29, 2022, under Application No. 18/577,533.

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