ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,993, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device including sound module" was invented by Youngbae Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Joonrae Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jihoon Song (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Byounghee Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an electronic device including a sound module. The electronic device comprises: a housing in which at least one sound hole is formed; and a sound component mounted on the housing adjacent to the sound hole and configured to emit sound in a first direction toward the outside of the housing thr...