ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,594, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH (Karlsbad, Germany).
"Vehicle body panels for speakers, speaker assemblies with vehicle body panels, and installation methods therefore" was invented by Jian Wang (Jiangsu, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle body panel is provided defining an internal cavity that is acoustically sealed at least partially along a perimeter with an opening in the vehicle body panel for access to the internal cavity and sized to receive a speaker in the opening. A speaker assembly is provided with the speaker is installed in the opening. A speaker assembly is pro...