ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,659,671, issued on June 16, was assigned to Mayht Holding B.V. (Goleta, Calif.).
"Speaker transducer" was invented by Timothy Ruben Scheek (Rotterdam, Netherlands), Onno Hein Steenhuis (Rotterdam, Netherlands) and Naphur van Apeldoorn (Amsterdam).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A speaker transducer, comprising a speaker membrane and two drive members connected to an outer membrane circumference of the speaker membrane for driving the speaker membrane. A substantially rigid support member is connected to each of the two drive members and extends there between, wherein the support member is connected to and extends along the speaker membrane...