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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:
Oct. 11, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 12, 2020
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Beau Jay Polinske, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Jay Rabel, Shorewood, MN (US);

Randy Kannas, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Deepak Pai Hosadurga, Bloomington, MN (US);

Zhenchao Yang, Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Jay Stewart, Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Michael J. Tadeusiak, Minneapolis, MN (US);

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

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/22 (2006.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/554 (2013.01); H04R 25/602 (2013.01); H04R 25/558 (2013.01); H04R 2225/025 (2013.01); H04R 2225/31 (2013.01); H04R 2225/33 (2013.01); H04R 2225/51 (2013.01); H04R 2460/17 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed herein, among other things, are systems and methods for a hearing device antenna. One aspect of the present subject matter includes a hearing device configured to be worn in an ear of a wearer to perform wireless communication. The hearing device includes a housing, hearing electronics within the housing, and an inverted F antenna or loop antenna disposed at least partially in the housing and configured for performing 2.4 GHz wireless communication. In various embodiments, at least a portion of the antenna protrudes from an exterior of the housing.


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