ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,824, issued on July 28, was assigned to Honor Device Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Sound output systems in a terminal device" was invented by Kangle Xue (Shenzhen, China), Jiaze Huang (Shenzhen, China), Kaiqiang Wang (Shenzhen, China) and Long Wang (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A terminal device includes a sound output device and a middle frame with a first through hole and a second through hole. The display module is mounted on the middle frame, and the sound output device is located on a side of the middle frame. The terminal device is provided with a first sound output hole set and a second sound output hole set. ...