ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,216, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Yamaichi Electronics Deutschland GmbH (Aschheim-Dornach, Germany).
"Connector, seal, system, and production method" was invented by Michael Quiter (Wenden, Germany) and Stefan Szynalski (Karlsfeld, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connector for connecting a hearing aid to a cable, the connector comprising the following: a connector housing with at least one recess; and a seal with a main body arranged at least in part(s) on an outer circumference of the connector housing, and at least one coupling portion arranged at least partially in the recess, so that the seal is connected to the co...