ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,659,651, issued on June 16, was assigned to SHENZHEN SHOKZ Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Open earphones" was invented by Lei Zhang (Shenzhen, China), Peigeng Tong (Shenzhen, China), Guolin Xie (Shenzhen, China), Yongjian Li (Shenzhen, China), Jiang Xu (Shenzhen, China), Tao Zhao (Shenzhen, China), Duoduo Wu (Shenzhen, China), Ao Ji (Shenzhen, China) and Xin Qi (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an open earphone, including: a sound production component including: a transducer including a diaphragm configured to generate a sound; and a housing forming a cavity used to accommodate the transducer, ...