Hearing Protection and Noise Measurement System
US-2024284129-A1 · Aug 22, 2024 · US
Apparatus for vented hearing assistance systems
US9020176B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-9020176-B2 |
| Application number | US-5163508-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Mar 19, 2008 |
| Priority date | Mar 19, 2007 |
| Publication date | Apr 28, 2015 |
| Grant date | Apr 28, 2015 |
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An apparatus related to earmolds with venting configurations designed to relieve the occlusion effect. Various designs provide multiple vents allow residual ear canal air volume to vent to and from air outside the ear and the earmold. In various designs, the earmold includes one vent between the residual ear canal air volume and a volume of air internal to the earmold. A second vent provides passage of air internal to the earmold and air external to the ear and the inserted earmold when worn by a user.
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What is claimed is: 1. An apparatus for an ear having an ear canal, the ear canal having a residual ear canal volume after the apparatus is placed in the canal, the apparatus comprising: an earmold having a shell with sidewalls adapted to at least partially fit within the ear canal, the earmold including an internal air volume; a first vent with an elongated acoustical passage connecting the internal air volume of the earmold to the residual ear canal air volume; a second vent…
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Electricity · mapped topic
Electricity · mapped topic
Electricity · mapped topic
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Electricity · mapped topic
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- What does patent US9020176B2 cover?
- An apparatus related to earmolds with venting configurations designed to relieve the occlusion effect. Various designs provide multiple vents allow residual ear canal air volume to vent to and from air outside the ear and the earmold. In various designs, the earmold includes one vent between the residual ear canal air volume and a volume of air internal to the earmold. A second vent provides pa…
- Who is the assignee on this patent?
- Burns Thomas Howard, Starkey Lab Inc
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification H04R25/652. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
- When was this patent published?
- Publication date Tue Apr 28 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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- We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).