ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,581,231, issued on March 17, was assigned to Suzhou Sonavox Electronics Co. Ltd. (Suzhou, China).

"Coaxial loudspeaker with horn and shape optimization method therefor" was invented by Mingwei Lu (Jiangsu, China), Guoqiang Chai (Jiangsu, China), Renfang Xu (Jiangsu, China) and Xiafeng Xue (Jiangsu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coaxial loudspeaker with a horn and a shape optimization method therefor are provided. The coaxial loudspeaker includes: a woofer unit; a tweeter unit; and a horn having an inner cavity, an open upper end and an open lower end. The tweeter unit comprises a high-pitch cone, the horn surrounds the high-pit...