ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,236, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to GN AUDIO A/S (Ballerup, Denmark).
"Ear cushion, an earphone and a binaural listening device" was invented by Peter John McCutcheon (Ballerup, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an annular ear cushion for an earphone configured to be worn at an ear of a user. The ear cushion is configured to abut the head of the user along an annular contact surface of the ear cushion and to abut or face a housing of the earphone along an annular attachment surface of the ear cushion when the user is wearing the earphone in its intended position, thereby reducing the level of sound entering the ea...