ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,641,374, issued on May 26, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Speaker with improved BL characteristics and electronic device including the same" was invented by Seongkwan Yang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kiwon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Joonrae Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Myeungseon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A speaker and/or an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes the same may include a diaphragm, a yoke disposed to face the diaphragm and including an avoidance groove formed on a surface thereof facing the diaphragm, a coil mounted to one surf...