US Patent Issued to Meta Platforms Technologies on Sept. 15 for "Force-cancelling, isobaric audio system with configurable bass and privacy modes" (California, Tennessee, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,739,558, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Force-cancelling, isobaric audio system with configurable bass and privacy modes" was invented by Rex Pinegar Price (Cameron Park, Calif.), Daniel Warren (Nashville, Tenn.) and Chuming Zhao (Bellevue, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An audio system comprises a plurality of membranes within an enclosure. A first surface of each membrane is part of a shared back volume within the enclosure and pressure within the shared back volume is configured to be isobaric. A second surface of each membrane is part of a front volume within the encl...