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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2023
Applicant:
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Inventor:
Jeffrey Paul Solum, Greenwood, MN (US);
Assignee:
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 1/27 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 25/554 (2013.01); H01Q 1/241 (2013.01); H01Q 1/273 (2013.01); H04R 2225/021 (2013.01); H04R 2225/0216 (2019.05); H04R 2225/023 (2013.01); H04R 2225/025 (2013.01); H04R 2225/51 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hearing assistance device to provide sound to the ear of a user, the device comprising a housing, hearing assistance electronics enclosed in the housing, an acoustic transducer adapted to be worn in the ear, a cable assembly adapted to connect the acoustic transducer to the hearing assistance electronics, a wireless communications receiver connected to the hearing assistance electronics, and an antenna comprising one or more conductors forming at least a portion of the cable assembly.