ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,634,628, issued on May 19, was assigned to Glass Acoustic Innovations Co. Ltd. (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

"Glass diaphragm having functional layers and speaker having the same" was invented by Yi-Feng Wei (New Taipei City, Taiwan), Kwun-Kit Chan (New Taipei City, Taiwan) and Yao-Sheng Chou (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a glass diaphragm having a functional layer which is selected from one of the following group or the combination thereof: explosion-proof layer, decorative layer, waterproof layer, and anti-reflection layer. The anti-explosion layer is made of PU, PVB, PC, PET or PMM...