ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,726, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Vitesco Technologies GmbH (Regensberg, Germany).

"Sound compensation apparatus, vehicle, method for sound compensation and method for sound emission" was invented by Rainer Weber (Regensburg, Germany) and Gerhard Eser (Hemau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sound compensation apparatus having a working fluid circuit for cooling by a working fluid, a vehicle having such a sound compensation apparatus, a method for sound compensation, and to a method for sound emission. The sound compensation apparatus includes a vibration actuator designed to at least partially compensate for sound waves ...