ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,659,641, issued on June 16, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Integrated microphone configuration directed at electronic and mechanical noise reduction" was invented by Shengyin Ding (Cupertino, Calif.), Chuan-Hsien Cheng (San Jose, Calif.), Wade Forrest Conklin (San Jose, Calif.), Gemin Li (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Andrew James Orr (Evanston, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This document describes an integrated microphone configuration for reducing electronic and mechanical noise in electronic devices. In aspects, a microphone is integrated within a housing of an electronic device that includes a plurality of elect...