ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,188, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Sonova AG (Staefa, Switzerland).

"Hearing device chargers" was invented by Mika Ilvonen (Guelph, Canada) and Sahba Aazami (Founex, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hearing device charger including a charger housing and a hearing device support post, associated with the charger housing, including a top wall, with a top recess that extends a first distance in a first direction from an open end to a closed end and is configured to receive a portion of the hearing device housing, and a side wall that extends away from the top wall in the first direction and defines a support post oute...