US Patent Issued to Sonova on June 17 for "Battery compartment of a hearing device configured to inhibit the ingress of debris into the battery compartment" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,335,691, issued on June 17, was assigned to Sonova AG (Staefa, Switzerland).

"Battery compartment of a hearing device configured to inhibit the ingress of debris into the battery compartment" was invented by Daniel Probst (Uerikon, Switzerland) and Andre Ochsenbein (Wolfhausen, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a hearing device configured to be worn by a user, the hearing device having a battery compartment configured to house a battery and a microphone, wherein the battery compartment is located in a housing. The housing includes: a casing configured to form the battery compartment; and a lid member having a hinged...