ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,713,166, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).
"Vent assembly" was invented by Canpeng Lin (Shenzhen, China) and Junping Wu (Shenzhen, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An acoustic vent assembly is provided comprising a nonporous acoustic membrane, and a breathable element, the breathable element defining an aperture and an acoustic pathway extends from a first side of the acoustic vent assembly to a second side of the acoustic vent assembly through the aperture and the nonporous acoustic membrane, the breathable element configured to be positioned between the nonporous acous...