ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,021, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to LG Display Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vibration apparatus" was invented by Uihyeon Jeong (Paju-si, South Korea), Chiwan Kim (Paju-si, South Korea), SeungRyull Park (Paju-si, South Korea) and Yong-Su Ham (Paju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus may enhance a sound characteristic and/or a sound pressure level characteristic. An apparatus includes a vibration member, a vibration apparatus under the vibration member, a plurality of vibration portions overlapping one another, and a connection member connecting at least a portion of the plurality of vibration portions ...