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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2011
Sidney A. Higgins, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Curt Johnson, Loretto, MN (US);
Thomas Spaulding, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Thomas Blaise Bergner, Chaska, MN (US);
Sidney A. Higgins, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Curt Johnson, Loretto, MN (US);
Thomas Spaulding, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Thomas Blaise Bergner, Chaska, MN (US);
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein, among other things, are methods and apparatus for hearing assistance devices, including, but not limited to connections for receiver-in-canal hearing devices. In various embodiments, a hearing device includes a hearing device component adapted to rest on or behind the ear and hearing assistance electronics disposed in the component. A first connector portion is disposed in the component, the first connector portion electrically connected to the hearing assistance electronics. A second connector portion is adapted to conform to a portion of the component and to electrically and physically connect a cable to the first connector portion. In various embodiments, at least one of the first connector portion and the second connector portion employ scratch pads for contacts. The first connector portion is top loading, in an embodiment.