ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,267, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Starkey Laboratories Inc. (Eden Prairie, Minn.).
"Hearing device" was invented by Sidney A. Higgins (Maple Grove, Minn.) and David Tourtelotte (Eden Prairie, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of a hearing device and a system including such device are disclosed. The hearing device can include an enclosure having a front housing and a rear housing, and an isolator disposed between the front housing and the rear housing. The isolator includes a body and a sleeve disposed on the body. The front housing and the rear housing are connected to the sleeve of the isolator. The devi...