Hearing Aid Patents (Class D24/174)
  • Patent number: 7264081
    Abstract: In a hearing protection earplug for insertion into the ear canal ear composed of a soft material, especially a foam material, having a cavity that is open toward the outside, it is provided, with a view to achieving additionally increased wearing comfort accompanied with easy handling during insertion into and removal from the ear, that the cavity, as seen in the cross-section, has an approximately cross-shaped configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Uvex Arbeitsschutz GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Bruck
  • Patent number: 6105714
    Abstract: An arrangement in hearing protection devices, headphones and the like of the type comprising a frame (1) and plugs (2) arranged at both ends of the frame. Each of the plugs is pressed into contact with the orifice of the related auditory meatus and may also partly enter the passage. The frame (1) is provided with means (3) that contact the skull bone at the related ear for the purpose of dampening vibrations in the frame. Those means can be shaped like bent or enlarged portions of the frame adjacent to each end thereof, said portions being arranged, when the device is in use, to be held in pressure contact against the skull bone in the area of the respective ear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: AB Kompositprodukter S.K.-F.M.
    Inventor: Mats Lindgren
  • Patent number: 6101259
    Abstract: A behind the ear communication device (200) has a housing (205) with a form factor to provide a comfortable fit across a wide variety of users. Particularly, the housing (205) is a hook shaped member having an inner curved surface (261) defined by first and second arcs (272, 271) that merge, in tangential fashion, to form a contiguous surface for interfacing with the ear. The first arc (272) has a radius of between 0.826 and 0.876 centimeters, and the second arc has a radius of between 3.24 and 3.75 centimeters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary M. Rapps
  • Patent number: D501255
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Hear-Wear Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jim Feeley, Mike Feeley
  • Patent number: D436402
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: auric Hörsysteme GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Hans-Dieter Borowsky
  • Patent number: D440314
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Assignee: Resound Corporation
    Inventor: David Barnard
  • Patent number: D506258
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: GN Resound A/S
    Inventor: Henrik Nielsen
  • Patent number: D516216
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Inventor: Paul Portmann
  • Patent number: D518179
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Inventor: David William Holmes
  • Patent number: D455835
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Voice and Wireless Corporation
    Inventors: Marlyn J. Anderson, Barry Voroba
  • Patent number: D456901
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Inventor: Tadeo Dudziak
  • Patent number: D524938
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Neesim Health, LLC
    Inventor: Simeon B. Schreiber
  • Patent number: D457635
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Phonak AG
    Inventors: Erich Dittli, Bruno Gabathuler, Richard Niccolai
  • Patent number: D528213
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Ian Darley, Peter Single
  • Patent number: D529612
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Hear-Wear Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jim Feeley, Mike Feeley
  • Patent number: D530819
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventors: Tadeusz Jurkiewicz, Peter Sprada, Derek I. Darley, Edmond Capcelea, Emmanuel Gremion, Joel Fontannaz
  • Patent number: D532110
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: John Bailey, Roland Keplinger
  • Patent number: D532111
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Widex A/S
    Inventor: Christian Bohl Espersen
  • Patent number: D532520
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jürgen Kampmeier, Roland Keplinger, Günther Pausch
  • Patent number: D534277
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2006
    Assignee: InSound Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Adnan Ahmed Shennib, Timothy Cuongdung Huynh, Richard Carl Urso
  • Patent number: D538924
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Cabot Safety Intermediate Corporation
    Inventor: Marc L. Doty
  • Patent number: D541420
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: SoundQuest, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander L. Darbut, Thomas Bruce Odegard
  • Patent number: D471630
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH
    Inventor: Andre Schelbach
  • Patent number: D546455
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Soundquest, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander L. Darbut, Thomas Bruce Odegard
  • Patent number: D554756
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Songbird Hearing, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter P. Sjursen, Michael DeSalvo, Hassan A. Mohamed, Paul J. Mulhauser, Karl D. Kirk, III
  • Patent number: D556326
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Widex A/S
    Inventor: Christian Bohl Espersen
  • Patent number: D478991
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Jabra Corporation
    Inventors: Medford Alan Dyer, Daniel Wayne Mauney, Thomas Henry Perszyk, Edward Daniel Springer
  • Patent number: D557419
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Cochlear Limited
    Inventor: Tadeusz Jurkiewicz
  • Patent number: D484983
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Widex A/S
    Inventor: Morten Nielsen
  • Patent number: D497000
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Rion Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Narisawa, Mikio Shiba
  • Patent number: D497001
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Rion Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Narisawa, Mikio Shiba
  • Patent number: D498534
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Microsound A/S
    Inventors: Søren Louis Pedersen, Jacob Leth Espersen, Anders Geert-Jensen
  • Patent number: D368309
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1996
    Assignee: Rion Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Narisawa
  • Patent number: D368434
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1996
    Assignee: Alcon Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Dennewill, Pierre Boisier, David M. Domash, Donn D. Lobdell, Paul C. Pynckel, Heather Ready, David Weston
  • Patent number: D372312
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Assignee: Gebr. Niessing GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Cristine Lange
  • Patent number: D375556
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Assignee: Rion Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Narisawa, Noboru Inoue
  • Patent number: D380048
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1997
    Inventors: Jan Hampf, Ola Granlund
  • Patent number: D385036
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: GN Danavox A?S
    Inventor: Henrik Nielsen
  • Patent number: D397796
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignees: Citizen Tokei Kabushiki Kaisha, Sayama Seimitsu Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Isao Yabe, Akira Yanagisawa, Toshibumi Wakayama
  • Patent number: D399001
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignees: Citizen Tokei Kabushiki Kaisha, Sayama Seimitsu Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nippon Eurotec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Isao Yabe, Akira Yanagisawa, Toshibumi Wakayama
  • Patent number: D405528
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: Decibel Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Adnan Shennib, Richard C. Urso, Jorgen Sorensen, Henry Fletcher
  • Patent number: D408536
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1999
    Assignee: auric Horsysteme GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hans-Dieter Borowsky, Edmund Lobbers, Theo Wesendahl
  • Patent number: D411885
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick A. Mavrakis, Gary M. Rapps, George V. Anastas, David Q. Dobras
  • Patent number: D416090
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: ReSound Corporation
    Inventors: Cliff Miller, Les Iburg
  • Patent number: D417279
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Inventor: Stephen Dupont
  • Patent number: D420136
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Resound Corporation
    Inventors: David Barnard, Robert Fretz
  • Patent number: D424697
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: Resound Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Fretz, David Barnard
  • Patent number: D430673
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Teledyne Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric Lindekugel
  • Patent number: D431294
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: Resound Corporation
    Inventors: David Barnard, Cliff Miller
  • Patent number: D434499
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: auric Horsysteme GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Hans-Dieter Borowsky