ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,892, issued on April 7, was assigned to Harman International Industries Inc. (Stamford, Conn.).

"Tweeter flush, surface, and starfish mount installation" was invented by Jeffrey Fay (Stamford, Conn.), Michael Meng (Shenzen, China) and Christina Wu (Shenzen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle speaker mount for a speaker includes a central bracket and a plurality of elongated portions extending radially outward from the central bracket. each of the elongated portions includes a respective engagement tab at a distal end of the elongated portion with each engagement tab is configured to be releasably connectable with a base o...