US Patent Issued to Sonova Consumer Hearing on Nov. 4 for "Ear pad or earmold for an earphone, and earphone with an ear pad or earmold" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,279, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Sonova Consumer Hearing GmbH (Wedemark, Germany).

"Ear pad or earmold for an earphone, and earphone with an ear pad or earmold" was invented by Jan Peter Kuhtz (Celle, Germany), Anders Hed (Wedemark, Germany) and Werner Pfeffer (Hannover, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Earphones intended for being worn in the ear canal (in-ear headphones) usually contain an ear pad, which the user may exchange for other ear pads of different sizes. Also earmolds, which are alternatively useable, can easily be exchanged. The ear pad or earmold can be mounted on a receptacle of the earphone. For mechanicall...