ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,309,553, issued on May 20, was assigned to KNOWLES ELECTRONICS LLC (Itasca, Ill.).
"In-ear hearing device with cable assembly" was invented by Christopher Monti (Elgin, Ill.), Shehab Albahri (Hanover Park, Ill.), Charles King (Oak Park, Ill.), Aviral Joshi (Oak Park, Ill.) and Matthew Manley (Crystal Lake, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An in-ear hearing device including an adjustable cable assembly is disclosed. The cable assembly includes a shape-configurable portion between an end portion connected an in-ear unit and a flexible end portion adjustably connected to a behind-the-ear (BTE) unit. The flexible end portion is retractabl...