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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021

Filed:

Apr. 21, 2017
Applicant:

Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Inventors:

Stephen Paul Flood, Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Beau Jay Polinske, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Assignee:

Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 9/04 (2006.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H01Q 1/27 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 9/0457 (2013.01); H01Q 1/273 (2013.01); H04R 25/554 (2013.01); H04R 25/65 (2013.01); H04R 2225/51 (2013.01);
Abstract

A hearing assistance device for use by a wearer comprises an enclosure and a substrate comprising a circuit board disposed in the enclosure. An antenna is disposed within or on the enclosure. A feed arm arrangement is coupled to the circuit board. A section of the feed arm arrangement extends over the antenna and establishes a non-contacting electrical coupling with the antenna. The section of the feed arm arrangement extending over the antenna can have an electrical length of approximately one-quarter of a wavelength of a signal transmitted or received by the antenna.


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