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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. 10, 2022

Filed:

Jan. 29, 2021
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Sidney A. Higgins, Maple Grove, MN (US);

Scott Timmerman, Buffalo, MN (US);

Dustin Degen, Waconia, MN (US);

Jodi Rickheim, Stewart, MN (US);

Brian Dahl, Minnetrista, MN (US);

Christopher Frank Filo, Shakopee, MN (US);

Kenneth Duane Gjerde, Jr., White Bear Lake, MN (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/604 (2013.01); H04R 1/1066 (2013.01); H04R 1/1075 (2013.01); H04R 25/652 (2013.01); H04R 2225/0213 (2019.05); H04R 2225/77 (2013.01);
Abstract

An ear-wearable device is described that includes a plurality of modules that mate together forming a physical outer shell of the ear-wearable device. Each module from the plurality of modules is associated with a different, corresponding feature of the ear-wearable device and each module from the plurality of modules includes a respective physical portion that comprises a different, corresponding part of the outer shell. In addition, each module from the plurality of modules shares a physical interface with at least one other module from the plurality of modules.


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