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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:
Jun. 24, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 11, 2021
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Andy S. Lin, Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Peter Flanagan, Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Michael Karl Sacha, Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04R 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/30 (2013.01); H04R 25/65 (2013.01); H04R 2225/83 (2013.01);
Abstract

An ear-worn electronic device comprises a housing configured to fit at least partially in an ear of a wearer, a power source situated in the housing, and a temperature sensor arrangement situated in or on the housing and coupled to the power source. The temperature sensor arrangement is configured to generate sensor signals in response to heat generated in the wearer's ear and a controller, situated in the housing and coupled to the power source and the temperature sensor arrangement, is configured to assess a fit of the device using the sensor signals.


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