ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,957, issued on June 23, was assigned to Shenzhen KIWI Design Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"VR headband having audio, data transmission, and charging functions, and control circuit" was invented by Zhinan Zhang (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a VR headband having audio, data transmission, and charging functions, and a control circuit. The VR headband includes a headband body and a power storage component, a transmission line, and an earphone integrally disposed on the headband body. The control circuit includes a DSP audio circuit, a data transmission circuit, a charging circuit, and a discharging circuit. ...