ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,131, issued on June 24, was assigned to Starkey Laboratories Inc. (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

"Temperature sensor based ear-worn electronic device fit assessment" was invented by Andy S. Lin (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Peter Flanagan (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Michael Karl Sacha (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ear-worn electronic device comprises a housing configured to fit at least partially in an ear of a wearer, a power source situated in the housing, and a temperature sensor arrangement situated in or on the housing and coupled to the power source. The temperature sensor arrangement is configured to generate sensor si...