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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:
Aug. 05, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2021
Applicant:

3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);

Inventors:

Henning T. Urban, Kuehlungsborn, DE;

Jonas A. Nilsson, Värnamo, SE;

Abel Gladstone Mangam, Värnamo, SE;

Caroline M. Ylitalo, Stillwater, MN (US);

William Bedingham, Woodbury, MN (US);

Erik O. Levholt, Ödeshög, SE;

Patrick R. T. Hjort, Värnamo, SE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 29/00 (2006.01); A61F 11/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 11/145 (2022.01); A61F 2230/0065 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a hearing protector () with a sensor module () having a module sensor (). The sensor module () is removably attached to the cushion () and the cup (A,A) of the earmuff () of the hearing protector (). The hearing protector () according to present disclosure allows the arrangement of sensors at a hearing protector () in an easy and cost-efficient way even with multiple sensors. The advantage of such a hearing protector () is an easy, compact and reliable solution of a hearing protector () providing information about the environment and about the conditions of the user () or worker using such a hearing protector (). Also, a method of retrofitting such a sensor module () to a hearing protector () is provided. Such a method is advantageous because reversible retrofitting of existing hearing protectors () not having the required functionality of sensors is provided.


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