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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:
Nov. 18, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 14, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Sidney A. Higgins, Maple Grove, MN (US);

David Tourtelotte, Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/08 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04R 1/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/1083 (2013.01); H04R 1/02 (2013.01); H04R 1/08 (2013.01); H04R 1/083 (2013.01); H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H04R 1/2869 (2013.01); H04R 2460/01 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various embodiments of a hearing device and a system including such device are disclosed. The hearing device can include an enclosure having a front housing and a rear housing, and an isolator disposed between the front housing and the rear housing. The isolator includes a body and a sleeve disposed on the body. The front housing and the rear housing are connected to the sleeve of the isolator. The device further includes a microphone disposed in the front housing, a receiver disposed in the rear housing, an acoustic port that extends through the isolator body between the receiver and an opening disposed in a first end of the front housing, and a microphone port that extends between the microphone and the opening disposed in the first end of the front housing.


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