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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:
Feb. 18, 2025

Filed:

May. 12, 2022
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Westley G. Gentry, Buffalo, MN (US);

Michael Karl Sacha, Chanhassen, MN (US);

Craig C. Feldsien, Prior Lake, MN (US);

Jay Stewart, Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); B29C 64/124 (2017.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/658 (2013.01); B29C 64/124 (2017.08); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); H04R 25/604 (2013.01); H04R 25/609 (2019.05); H04R 2225/57 (2019.05); H04R 2225/77 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for manufacturing a hearing instrument includes placing a component support structure at least partially in a bath of a resin liquid, wherein one or more operative components of the hearing instrument are attached to or contained within the component support structure prior to the component support structure being at least partially placed in the bath of the resin liquid. While the component support structure is at least partially in the bath, volumetric 3-dimensional (3D) printing is performed to form a shell of the hearing instrument attached to the component support structure.


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