ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,039, issued on July 28, was assigned to Merry Electronics(Shenzhen) Co. Ltd. (ShenZhen, China).

"Outer ear structure and outer ear module of recording system" was invented by Hung-Wei Chen (Taichung, Taiwan), Chun-Hung Chang (Taichung, Taiwan), Po Hsun Sung (Taichung, Taiwan) and Yi Lin Hsieh (Taichung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outer ear structure of recording system includes a base, a first component and a second component. The base includes a first through hole extending along a first axis. The first component is disposed on the base and includes a second through hole corresponding to the first through hole and a re...