ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,955, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Oticon A/S (Smorum, Denmark).
"Hearing device with charging areas" was invented by Poul Henriksen (Vekso, Denmark), Mikkel Finmand Kjaer Nielsen (Smorum, Denmark), Jens Troelsen (Smorum, Denmark), Christian Asp Mogensen (Smorum, Denmark) and Michel Berg (Smorum, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is presented a hearing device for being placed at least partially in an ear canal. The hearing device includes a rechargeable battery, and at least two charging areas on the surface of the hearing device, the charging areas enabling recharging the rechargeable battery by applying a voltage fr...