US Patent Issued to KNOWLES ELECTRONICS on July 8 for "Ear-worn hearing device with electrical connector" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,197, issued on July 8, was assigned to KNOWLES ELECTRONICS LLC (Itasca, Ill.).

"Ear-worn hearing device with electrical connector" was invented by Matthew Manley (Crystal Lake, Ill.), Christopher Monti (Elgin, Ill.) and Charles King (Oak Park, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ear-worn hearing device component is disclosed and includes an electrical connector a housing and multiple connector contacts integrated with a contact carrier. A portion of the contact carrier and connector contacts protrudes from the housing and each connector contact is connected to a corresponding contact of a circuit board located in a cavity of the ho...