ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,238,485, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Sivantos Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Charging contact assembly, hearing device and hearing device system" was invented by Uwe Flaig (Erlangen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charging contact assembly for a hearing device system. The assembly has a first charging contact which is accessible on an outer side for contacting with a first mating contact of a mating contact assembly, and a second charging contact which is accessible on the outer side for contacting with a second mating contact of the mating contact assembly. Furthermore, the charging contact assembly has a control contact which...