ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,301, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Oticon A/S (Smorum, Denmark).

"Speaker assembly for hearing aid" was invented by Jacob Anders Roug (Smorum, Denmark), Peter Sommer (Smorum, Denmark), Martin Larsen (Smorum, Denmark), Anders Hojsgaard Thomsen (Smorum, Denmark), Peter H. Weis (Smorum, Denmark) and Bjarke Mejnertsen (Smorum, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a hearing aid with a Receiver In The Ear speaker assembly comprising a connecting member with electric conductors connecting a connector at one end, and a receiver housing with a receiver at the opposite end. A microphone housing with a microphone is attac...