ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,296, issued on July 14, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Display device" was invented by Tae-Sung Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Koichi Abe (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes: a display panel that displays an image, a frame portion attached to a rear surface of the display panel, where the frame portion supports the display panel and includes at least one protrusion, and a vibration unit disposed between the frame portion and the display panel, where the vibration unit overlaps the protrusion and vibrates the display panel."

The patent was filed on Au...