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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:
Nov. 14, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2022
Applicant:
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Inventor:
Andrew Joseph Johnson, Edina, MN (US);
Assignee:
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H04R 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/602 (2013.01); H04R 25/609 (2019.05); H04R 31/00 (2013.01); H04R 2225/021 (2013.01); H04R 2225/31 (2013.01);
Abstract
As described in some examples of this disclosure, a Behind-The-Ear (BTE) hearing instrument comprises processing circuity, a battery that stores energy for use by the processing circuitry, and a housing that contains a receiver configured to output sound. The receiver is positioned within the hearing instrument posterior to the processing circuitry and the power source.