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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Inventor:
Ezdeen Elghannai, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Assignee:
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/27 (2006.01); H01Q 7/00 (2006.01); H01Q 9/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/273 (2013.01); H01Q 7/00 (2013.01); H01Q 9/26 (2013.01); H04R 2225/51 (2013.01);
Abstract
An ear-worn electronic device comprises an enclosure and electronics positioned in the enclosure. A power source is disposed in the enclosure and coupled to the electronics. An antenna is disposed in or supported by the enclosure and coupled to the electronics. The antenna comprises a dipole antenna combined with a loop antenna. An input impedance of the antenna remains substantially constant over a predetermined dielectric constant bandwidth and a predetermined frequency bandwidth.