US Patent Issued to KNOWLES ELECTRONICS on May 27 for "Electrical cable assembly for ear-worn hearing devices" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,317,040, issued on May 27, was assigned to KNOWLES ELECTRONICS LLC (Itasca, Ill.).

"Electrical cable assembly for ear-worn hearing devices" was invented by Matthew Manley (Crystal Lake, Ill.) and Randall A. Sanecki (Huntley, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ear-worn hearing device and an electrical cable assembly for such a hearing device are disclosed. The electrical cable assembly includes a discrete retention member rotationally and axially fixing the retention member at least partially about an end portion of an electrical conductor conduit. The retention member also axially and rotationally fixes the cable assembly to a housin...