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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2021
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Paul Anders Shriner, Hopkins, MN (US);
Andrew Joseph Johnson, Edina, MN (US);
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
A system includes a hearing instrument and a case configured to store at least a portion of the hearing instrument. The hearing instrument includes a speaker configured to generate a sound wave, and at least one magnetic component that includes one or more of a coil configured to generate a current in response to detecting an alternating magnetic field, a magnetic shield configured to provide an electromagnetic shield for one or more components of the hearing instrument, a crosspin configured to provide a structural support between two opposing sides of the hearing instrument, a battery, or a charging contact configured to electrically couple the battery to a power source. The case includes a retention magnet configured to generate a static magnetic field that detachably couples at least the portion of the hearing instrument with the case by attracting the magnetic component of the hearing instrument to the case retention magnet.