Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Flanged earbud and hearing device including same
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Application No.: US15637528Application Date: 2017-06-29
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Publication No.: US10542341B2Publication Date: 2020-01-21
- Inventor: Sidney A. Higgins
- Applicant: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN Eden Prairie
- Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Eden Prairie
- Agency: Mueting, Raasch & Gebhardt, P.A.
- Main IPC: H04R1/10
- IPC: H04R1/10 ; H04R25/00

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190007761A1 FLANGED EARBUD AND HEARING DEVICE INCLUDING SAME Public/Granted day:2019-01-03
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