ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,957, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to GN HEARING A/S (Ballerup, Denmark).
"Socket connector for a hearing device" was invented by Laurids Egedal Kirchhoff (Copenhagen, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a socket connector for a hearing device. The hearing device comprises a Behind-The-Ear (BTE) unit and a Receiver-In-the-Ear (RIE) unit, the BTE unit comprising a frame, wherein the frame comprises electronic components of the BTE unit, the RIE unit comprising a plug connector configured for providing an electrical connection between the RIE unit and the BTE unit. The socket connector is connecta...