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公开(公告)号：US20220417683A1
公开(公告)日：2022-12-29
申请号：US17756220
申请日：2020-11-20
Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
Inventor： Joshua Elliot Braband , Sidney A. Higgins , David Tourtelotte
IPC: H04R25/00
Abstract: Disclosed herein, among other things, are apparatus and methods for a multipurpose microphone for hearing devices. A hearing assistance device includes a first housing configured to be worn above an ear of a wearer and a second housing configured to be worn in the ear of the wearer. The device also includes a cable configured to connect to the first housing at a first end and to the second housing at the second end, and a microphone at the second end of the cable, the microphone including an input port facing an acoustic channel. A switch is provided in the acoustic channel, the switch having a first position such that acoustic input to the microphone is received from an inner portion of the ear of the wearer, and a second position such that acoustic input to the microphone is received from an area outside the ear of the wearer.
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公开(公告)号：US11528564B2
公开(公告)日：2022-12-13
申请号：US16235629
申请日：2018-12-28
Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
Inventor： Sidney A. Higgins , David Tourtelotte
Abstract: A hearing device cable including a body portion is described herein. The body portion may extend between a first end region and a second end region along a tube centerline. The body portion may include a first radial portion proximate the first end region and second radial portion proximate the second end region. The first radial portion may define a radius of curvature that is greater than or equal to a radius of curvature defined by the second radial portion. The tube centerline may lie along an x-y plane between the first and second end regions. In one or more embodiments, the body portion may define a passageway extending between the first and second end regions. Further, the hearing device cable may include a superelastic wire within the passageway extending between the first and second end regions.
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公开(公告)号：US11523225B2
公开(公告)日：2022-12-06
申请号：US17673996
申请日：2022-02-17
Applicant: STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC.
Inventor： Sidney A. Higgins , David Tourtelotte
Abstract: A hearing device cable including a body portion is described herein. The body portion may extend between a first end region and a second end region along a tube centerline. The body portion may include a first radial portion proximate the first end region and second radial portion proximate the second end region. The first radial portion may define a radius of curvature that is greater than or equal to a radius of curvature defined by the second radial portion. The tube centerline may lie along an x-y plane between the first and second end regions. In one or more embodiments, the body portion may define a passageway extending between the first and second end regions. Further, the hearing device cable may include a superelastic wire within the passageway extending between the first and second end regions.
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公开(公告)号：US20220174427A1
公开(公告)日：2022-06-02
申请号：US17673996
申请日：2022-02-17
Applicant: STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC.
Inventor： Sidney A. Higgins , David Tourtelotte
Abstract: A hearing device cable including a body portion is described herein. The body portion may extend between a first end region and a second end region along a tube centerline. The body portion may include a first radial portion proximate the first end region and second radial portion proximate the second end region. The first radial portion may define a radius of curvature that is greater than or equal to a radius of curvature defined by the second radial portion. The tube centerline may lie along an x-y plane between the first and second end regions. In one or more embodiments, the body portion may define a passageway extending between the first and second end regions. Further, the hearing device cable may include a superelastic wire within the passageway extending between the first and second end regions.
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公开(公告)号：US20220103950A1
公开(公告)日：2022-03-31
申请号：US17546702
申请日：2021-12-09
Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
Inventor： Sidney A. Higgins , David Tourtelotte
Abstract: A hearing device cable including a body portion is described herein. The body portion may extend between a first end region and a second end region along a tube centerline. The body portion may include a first radial portion proximate the first end region and second radial portion proximate the second end region. The first radial portion may define a radius of curvature that is greater than or equal to a radius of curvature defined by the second radial portion. The tube centerline may lie along an x-y plane between the first and second end regions. In one or more embodiments, the body portion may define a passageway extending between the first and second end regions. Further, the hearing device cable may include a superelastic wire within the passageway extending between the first and second end regions.
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公开(公告)号：US20210219076A1
公开(公告)日：2021-07-15
申请号：US17301114
申请日：2021-03-25
Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
Inventor： Beau Jay Polinske , Jorge F. Sanguino , Jay Rabel , Jeffrey Paul Solum , Michael Helgeson , David Tourtelotte
IPC: H04R25/00
Abstract: An embodiment of a hearing assistance device comprises a housing, a power source, a radio circuit, an antenna and a transmission line. The radio circuit is within the housing and electrically connected to the power source. The antenna has an aperture, and the radio circuit is at least substantially within the aperture. The transmission line electrically connects to the antenna to the radio circuit. Various antenna embodiments include a flex circuit antenna.
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公开(公告)号：US10764667B2
公开(公告)日：2020-09-01
申请号：US16213719
申请日：2018-12-07
Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
Inventor： Sidney A. Higgins , David Tourtelotte , Mohammed Alshehri , Mark Farley
Abstract: An ear-wearable device includes a shell shaped for wearing in a user's ear. The shell comprises a tunnel wall shaped to define a tunnel that passes through the ear-wearable device. The tunnel wall defines one or more contact pin apertures through which distal ends of two or more contact pins pass. One or more electrical components are encased within the shell. The contact pins are conductors from the one or more electrical components. The distal ends of the contact pins are positioned to make electrical contact with terminals of a cable plug that is removably inserted into the tunnel.
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公开(公告)号：US20190060733A1
公开(公告)日：2019-02-28
申请号：US15690001
申请日：2017-08-29
Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
Inventor： Craig Benson , Christopher L. Howes , David Tourtelotte , Sidney A. Higgins
Abstract: A computing system wirelessly receives data from an ear-wearable device and determines, based on the data received from the ear-wearable device, a current position of the ear-wearable device. Additionally, the computing system determines, based on the current position of the ear-wearable device and data regarding a golf course, golf advice data that provides a recommendation regarding play of the golf course. Furthermore, the computing system wirelessly sends audio data to the ear-wearable device. The audio data represents soundwaves of a vocalization of the golf advice data.
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公开(公告)号：US10142747B2
公开(公告)日：2018-11-27
申请号：US15413176
申请日：2017-01-23
Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
Inventor： Michael Helgeson , Jeffrey Paul Solum , David Tourtelotte , Beau Jay Polinske
Abstract: A heating assistance device for a user comprising a housing, a three dimensional electronic substrate disposed in the housing, the substrate adapted to conform to a battery of the hearing assistance device and hearing assistance electronics mounted to the substrate. Various embodiments include a flexible antenna configured to conform around a portion of the substrate, and spring loaded electrical contacts on the substrate, the contacts configured to mechanically engage and electrically connect to the flexible antenna.
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公开(公告)号：US20180123355A1
公开(公告)日：2018-05-03
申请号：US15797239
申请日：2017-10-30
Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
Inventor： Kyle Olson , Sidney A. Higgins , David Tourtelotte
CPC classification number: H02J7/008 , H02J7/0034 , H02J7/0042 , H02J7/0044 , H02J7/0047 , H02J7/0054 , H02J7/0083 , H02J2007/0096 , H04R25/30 , H04R25/602 , H04R2225/31 , H04R2225/33 , H04R2225/61
Abstract: Systems and methods relate to a charger and a rechargeable device. The rechargeable device includes a power manager and a power storage device. The power manager may include one or more diodes and a controller configured to detect a charging current, provide a managed power output, and modulate the charging current to communicate through the current. The charger may include controller configured to store a device identifier in memory associated with a last charge state, determine whether a retrieved device identifier matches, and provide an indication of a current charge state in response to a match. The controller of the charger may be configured to send an electrical pulse to the rechargeable device and determine a polarity for charging the device.
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