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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2013
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Beau Jay Polinske, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Jorge F. Sanguino, Hopkins, MN (US);
Jay Rabel, Shorewood, MN (US);
Jeffrey Paul Solum, Shorewood, MN (US);
Michael Helgeson, New Richmond, WI (US);
David Tourtelotte, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Starkey Laboratories, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
An embodiment of a hearing assistance device comprises an enclosure that includes a faceplate and a shell attached to the faceplate, a power source, a flex antenna, a transmission line connected to the flex antenna, and radio circuit connected to the transmission line and electrically connected to the power source. The flex antenna has a shape of at least a substantially complete loop around the power source, and maintains separation from the power source.