ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,101, issued on July 7, was assigned to LG Display Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vibration apparatus and apparatus including the same" was invented by Joongsup Han (Paju-si, South Korea), Yongjoon Kim (Paju-si, South Korea) and Sungsu Ham (Paju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus may include a display panel configured to display an image, a vibration apparatus disposed at a rear surface of the display panel to vibrate the display panel, wherein the vibration apparatus includes a plurality of vibration structures, and a pad member disposed outside or inside the vibration apparatus."

The patent was filed on Oct...