ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,129, issued on June 24, was assigned to BHM-Tech Produktionsgesellschaft m.b.H. (Grafenschachen, Austria).

"Electromagnetic signal converter for a bone conduction receiver" was invented by Franz Berl (Unterstinkenbrunn, Austria), Klaus Hostniker (Vasoldsberg, Austria) and Markus Riegler (Grafendorf bei Hartberg, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electromagnetic signal converter for a bone conduction receiver includes a soft-magnetic armature which is moveable relative to a pole that supports an electric coil, a permanent magnet, and a soft-magnetic yoke which forms a magnetic circuit with the permanent magnet, the pole, and t...