ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,778, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to PSS BELGIUM NV (Dendermonde, Belgium).

"Method of assembling a loudspeaker and voice coil former for use therein" was invented by Arthur Van Damme (Dendermonde, Belgium) and David Corynen (Dendermonde, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of assembling a loudspeaker including providing a precursor loudspeaker. The precursor loudspeaker includes a chassis and a voice coil former. The chassis includes a first electrical terminal and a second electrical terminal. A voice coil is mounted on the voice coil former. A first end of a flexible wire is attached to the voice coil former and ele...