ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,475, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Starkey Laboratories Inc. (Eden Prairie, Minn.).
"Cable connector for hearing device" was invented by Josh Braband (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Daniel Smieja (Minneapolis) and Tom Monsen (Chaska, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of a connector and a hearing device cable that includes such connector are disclosed. The connector includes a body having a first end and a second end, where the first end is configured to be connected to a socket of a hearing module and the second end is configured to be connected to a cable; an acoustic path disposed through the body, where the acou...