ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,774, issued on March 24, was assigned to DELL PRODUCTS LP (Round Rock, Texas).

"System and method of assembling a compression triggered headset power saving system for an audio headset" was invented by Deeder M. Aurongzeb (Austin, Texas), Peng Lip Goh (Singapore) and Eng Kang Chng (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compression triggered headset power saving system for an audio headset comprises a compression sensor cap operatively coupled to a spring switch housed within a compression sensor sleeve to form a compression sensor trigger, such that movement of the compression sensor cap toward the compression sensor sleeve cau...