US Patent Issued to GoPro on Feb. 17 for "Audio component drainage system for image capture device" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,849, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to GoPro Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.).

"Audio component drainage system for image capture device" was invented by Eric Penrod (Brentwood, Calif.), Nicholas Vitale (Foster City, Calif.) and Adrian Santos (Dublin, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image capture device includes a housing that defines a cavity and an aperture positioned within the cavity and an audio device disposed within the housing at a location of the aperture. The image capture device includes stanchions that extend outward from the cavity and a cover coupled to the stanchions. The cover is free of contact with the housing." ...