ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,260, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corp. (San Francisco).

"Removeable speaker for computing devices" was invented by Zhi Li (Shenzhen, China), Pengfeng Zhang (Shanghai), Nengkun Lv (Shenzhen, China) and Yili Lu (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computing device system including a computing device having a housing and electronic components disposed within the housing, where the electronic components include a controller, a memory, and a power source. A display screen is supported on the housing, and a socket extends into the housing. A removable speaker is selectively received within t...