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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：US20220007119A1
公开(公告)日：2022-01-06
申请号：US17372745
申请日：2021-07-12
Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
Inventor： Douglas F. Link , David Prchal , Sidney A. Higgins
IPC: H04R25/00
Abstract: A hearing aid comprising a microphone, a receiver, hearing aid electronics coupled to the microphone and the receiver, and conductive traces overlaying an insulator, the conductive traces configured to interconnect the hearing aid electronics and to follow non-planar contours of the insulator. Examples are provided wherein the insulator includes a hearing aid housing.
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公开(公告)号：US20210211816A1
公开(公告)日：2021-07-08
申请号：US17162197
申请日：2021-01-29
Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
Inventor： Sidney A. Higgins , Scott Timmerman , Dustin Degen , Jodi Rickheim , Brian Dahl , Christopher Frank Filo , Kenneth Duane Gjerde, JR.
Abstract: An ear-wearable device is described that includes a plurality of modules that mate together forming a physical outer shell of the ear-wearable device. Each module from the plurality of modules is associated with a different, corresponding feature of the ear-wearable device and each module from the plurality of modules includes a respective physical portion that comprises a different, corresponding part of the outer shell. In addition, each module from the plurality of modules shares a physical interface with at least one other module from the plurality of modules.
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公开(公告)号：US20210152913A1
公开(公告)日：2021-05-20
申请号：US17159869
申请日：2021-01-27
Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
Inventor： Sidney A. Higgins
Abstract: Various embodiments of an earbud for insertion into an ear canal and a hearing device that includes such earbud are disclosed. The earbud includes an elongated body having a first end, a second end, and a cavity that extends along a body axis between the first end and the second end of the elongated body. The earbud also includes a first flange connected to the elongated body, where the first flange includes a first end adjacent the first end of the elongated body, a second end, and a sound hole disposed in the first end of the first flange that is acoustically connected to the cavity of the elongated body. The first flange further includes a vent disposed through the first flange. The earbud also includes a second flange connected to the second end of the elongated body and including a first end adjacent the second end of the elongated body and a second end.
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公开(公告)号：US10993054B2
公开(公告)日：2021-04-27
申请号：US16685331
申请日：2019-11-15
Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
Inventor： Sidney A. Higgins , Brian Thomas Dahl
IPC: H04R25/00
Abstract: A hearing aid assembly includes a receiver speaker enclosed within a receiver housing. The receiver housing defines a circuitous receiver acoustic channel, wherein the receiver channel defines an open side along at least a portion of the receiver channel. The receiver channel also defines a pass-through passage extending from a first side of the receiver housing to a second side of the receiver housing, wherein the pass-through passage is partially defined by the wall defining a receiver opening. The hearing aid assembly also includes an earbud configured to fit over at least a portion of the receiver housing and partially cover the open side of the receiver channel.
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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：US10666067B2
公开(公告)日：2020-05-26
申请号：US16012399
申请日：2018-06-19
Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
Inventor： Sidney A. Higgins , Christopher Young , Kyle Olson , Brantly A. Sturgeon
Abstract: First and second hearing assistance devices each comprise a rechargeable power source and power management circuitry configured to control charging of the power sources. A portable charging unit comprises an interface configured to receive a connector of a power cable or a power and data cable, a rechargeable power source coupled to the interface, first and second charge ports configured to receive the first and second hearing assistance devices, and charging circuitry coupled to the first and second charge ports and to the rechargeable power source of the charging unit. The power management circuitry and the charging circuitry cooperate to partially charge the power sources of the hearing assistance devices at an accelerated charge rate above 1.0C when a state of charge (SoC) of the power sources is within a predetermined SoC range.
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公开(公告)号：US20200162828A1
公开(公告)日：2020-05-21
申请号：US16685331
申请日：2019-11-15
Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
Inventor： Sidney A. Higgins , Brian Thomas Dahl
IPC: H04R25/00
Abstract: A hearing aid assembly includes a receiver speaker enclosed within a receiver housing. The receiver housing defines a circuitous receiver acoustic channel, wherein the receiver channel defines an open side along at least a portion of the receiver channel. The receiver channel also defines a pass-through passage extending from a first side of the receiver housing to a second side of the receiver housing, wherein the pass-through passage is partially defined by the wall defining a receiver opening. The hearing aid assembly also includes an earbud configured to fit over at least a portion of the receiver housing and partially cover the open side of the receiver channel.
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公开(公告)号：US20200154219A1
公开(公告)日：2020-05-14
申请号：US16599524
申请日：2019-10-11
Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
Inventor： Douglas F. Link , David Prchal , Sidney A. Higgins
IPC: H04R25/00
Abstract: A hearing aid comprising a microphone, a receiver, hearing aid electronics coupled to the microphone and the receiver, and conductive traces overlaying an insulator, the conductive traces configured to interconnect the hearing aid electronics and to follow non-planar contours of the insulator. Examples are provided wherein the insulator includes a hearing aid housing.
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公开(公告)号：US20200037087A1
公开(公告)日：2020-01-30
申请号：US16595198
申请日：2019-10-07
Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
Inventor： Sidney A. Higgins , Gary Zajicek , Toto Saykeo , Jerome C. Ruzicka , Janet Richardson
IPC: H04R25/00
Abstract: Disclosed herein, among other things, are methods and apparatus for improved microphone protection for hearing assistance devices. One aspect of the present subject matter includes a hearing assistance device, such as a completely-in-the-canal (CIC) type hearing aid, that includes a battery door with a microphone slit and a battery contact including a microphone port. In various embodiments, the microphone slit and the microphone port are configured to create a nonlinear acoustic path to a microphone of the hearing assistance device. In various embodiments, the acoustic path is configured to prevent earwax from blocking and/or damaging the microphone, such as during insertion, removal or cleaning of the hearing assistance device.
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