Patents by Inventor Robert D. JOCHIM

Robert D. JOCHIM has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • HEARING AID CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20220014861
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to a compact connector including a light tip connector including a light tip cable connected thereto, the light tip connector including a receiving cavity including side walls and a bottom wall, guide channels formed in the side walls of the receiving cavity, a locking pin at a medial end of the guide channel and one or more light tip electrodes positioned on a bottom wall of the receiving cavity. In further embodiments of the present invention, a BTE connector includes a latch adapted to engage the locking pin to hold the BTE connector in the receiving cavity when the BTE connector is attached to the light tip connector. In a further embodiment, the compact connector includes a plurality of pogo pin electrodes arranged to contact the light tip electrodes when the BTE connector is attached to the light tip connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Richard E. DEMARTINI, Lakshman RATHNAM, Robert D. JOCHIM, Thomas JOSCHIKA
  • HEARING AID CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20200137503
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to a compact connector including a light tip connector including a light tip cable connected thereto, the light tip connector including a receiving cavity including side walls and a bottom wall, guide channels formed in the side walls of the receiving cavity, a locking pin at a medial end of the guide channel and one or more light tip electrodes positioned on a bottom wall of the receiving cavity. In further embodiments of the present invention, a BTE connector includes a latch adapted to engage the locking pin to hold the BTE connector in the receiving cavity when the BTE connector is attached to the light tip connector. In a further embodiment, the compact connector includes a plurality of pogo pin electrodes arranged to contact the light tip electrodes when the BTE connector is attached to the light tip connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Richard E. DEMARTINI, Lakshman RATHNAM, Robert D. JOCHIM, Thomas JOSCHIKA
  • HEARING AID CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20180048970
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to a compact connector including a light tip connector including a light tip cable connected thereto, the light tip connector including a receiving cavity including side walls and a bottom wall, guide channels formed in the side walls of the receiving cavity, a locking pin at a medial end of the guide channel and one or more light tip electrodes positioned on a bottom wall of the receiving cavity. In further embodiments of the present invention, a BTE connector includes a latch adapted to engage the locking pin to hold the BTE connector in the receiving cavity when the BTE connector is attached to the light tip connector. In a further embodiment, the compact connector includes a plurality of pogo pin electrodes arranged to contact the light tip electrodes when the BTE connector is attached to the light tip connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Richard E. DEMARTINI, Lakshman RATHNAM, Robert D. JOCHIM, Thomas JOSCHIKA