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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100326764 | Ergonomic Earpiece An earpiece that substantially lacks a lower lobe is disclosed. The earpiece has a generally arcuate rib having upper and lower ends. A generally vertical rib extends substantially between the upper and lower ends of the generally arcuate rib. A lobe is formed at the up... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20080013767 | EARPLUG FOR A HEARING AID An earplug (7) for a hearing aid (1), in particular for a BTE-type hearing aid, has a front end (8) and a rear end (9). The front end (8) is adapted to be inserted into an ear canal of a wearer. The earplug (7) comprises a main ... | 01/17/2008 |
| 20070284182 | Waterproof earplug with sound-transmitting effect A waterproof earplug with sound-transmitting effect comprises mainly a pull stub and a sound-barrier membrane; the sound-barrier membrane is substantially a thin round membrane; the pull stub is furnished in the center of the sound-barrier membrane, and it extends outwa... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070223758 | Chambers for a hearing instrument shell A portion of a hearing instrument housing or shell comprises one or more chambers having planar, conical, or convex walls. During assembly, this shape helps guide the receiver tube towards tip of the shell and the receiver tube hole. Additionally, it will reinforce the ... | 09/27/2007 |
| 20070221232 | High resilience flanged earplug An earplug (10) of the type that is molded of elastomeric material and that has a flange (14) that seals to the walls of a person's ear canal as a stem (12) is pushed forward into the ear canal. Instead of using three or four flanges, applicant's ea... | 09/27/2007 |
| 20070217642 | Isolating deep canal fitting earphone An insert earphone comprises a housing and at least one transducer that is located in the housing. The transducer is adapted to receive electrical energy and to responsively convert the electrical energy into acoustic energy for presentation to an eardrum of a user. The... | 09/20/2007 |
| 20070201717 | Earphone ambient eartip An eartip that includes at least one acoustic material filled port is provided. The port and the acoustic material contained therein provide the eartip with a controlled acoustic leakage path, thus allowing the user to tailor the performance of the earphones to which th... | 08/30/2007 |
| 20070186656 | Method and system for noise dosimeter with quick-check mode and earphone adapter A noise dosimeter with capability to rapidly predict noise exposure over an extended time period based on a measurement of short duration. Either an acoustic or an electrical earphone adapter provides a convenient means to connect the noise dosimeter to an external soun... | 08/16/2007 |
| 20070125590 | Hearing protection device with acoustic filter element and method for manufacturing the same A hearing protection device comprising a shell to be worn at least partially within a user's ear canal is provided. The shell is provided with a receptacle having an outer opening towards ambience and an inner opening towards said ear canal. An acoustic filter element f... | 06/07/2007 |
| 20070121980 | Hearing device to be at least partially inserted into an ear canal The hearing device comprises an insertable part, which is to be inserted into an ear canal of a user of the hearing device. The insertable part may be identical with the hearing device itself, and the insertable part comprises a casing, which casing comprises a deformab... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070080018 | Low attenuating push-in earplug with integral handle The invention provides an earplug and a method of forming thereof where the earplug includes an insertion portion having opposing top and bottom sides, a handle portion connected to and extending rearwardly from the bottom of the insertion portion, and a rear portion ex... | 04/12/2007 |
| 20060278468 | Hearing protection ear plug 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 wit... | 12/14/2006 |
| 20060254851 | Replaceable microphone protective membrane for hearing devices A device as hearing aid to be worn in the ear or in or at the auditory canal comprises at least a sound or acoustic exit opening with a protection element (10) to prevent the contamination of the device. The protection element (10) comprises a thin, at lea... | 11/16/2006 |
| 20060180387 | Earplug An earplug (100) having an adjustable sound deadening rating is disclosed. The earplug (100) includes an ear piece (102) adapted to fit within a user's ear canal and a core (104). The core (104) has a predetermined sound deadening rati... | 08/17/2006 |
| 20060137934 | Hearing protection earplug and use of the same The invention relates to a hearing protection earplug comprising a shell (10) to be worn at least in part in a user's ear canal, said shell being adapted to provide for a mechanical acoustic attenuation of at least 10 dB averaged over the audible frequency range ... | 06/29/2006 |
| 20060137933 | Method for providing a user with a hearing protection earplug The invention relates to a method for providing a user with a hearing protection earplug including a shell to be worn at least in part in the ear canal of the user, comprising: (1) collecting configuration data about audio needs of the user; (2) collecting data of the i... | 06/29/2006 |
| 20060102418 | EARPLUG An earplug composed of an injected molded resilient polymeric material for insertion into an ear canal by a fingertip of a user, including an elongated member having a nose portion formed as a curved front end. An open cup shaped rearward extending flange located at the... | 05/18/2006 |
| 20060081415 | Earplug An earplug comprising a foam composition comprising a polyvinyl chloride resin and less than about 5 wt % monomeric phthalate, based on the total weight of the foam composition, is described. The foam composition may comprise a plasticizer comprising less than or equal ... | 04/20/2006 |
| 20060042865 | Customized hearing protection earplug with an acoustic filter and method for manufacturing the same The invention relates to a hearing protection earplug, comprising a hard shell (10) having an elasticity of from shore D 85 to shore D 65 and having an outer surface individually shaped according to the measured inner shape of the user's outer ear and ear canal f... | 03/02/2006 |
| 20060042868 | Customized hearing protection earplug and method for manufacturing the same The invention relates to a hearing protection earplug (10) to be worn at least in part in a user's ear canal, comprising a shell (12) having a outer surface individually shaped according to the measured inner shape of the user's outer ear and ear canal, an... | 03/02/2006 |
| 20060042867 | Hearing protection earplug and method for manufacturing such an earplug The invention relates to a hearing protection earplug for being worn at least in part in the ear canal (28) of a person, comprising an integral shell (10) having an outer surface shaped for fitting at least in an outer part of the person's ear canal, an ou... | 03/02/2006 |
| 20060042866 | Hearing protection earplug, use of such an earplug and method for manufacturing such an earplug The invention relates to a hearing protection earplug, comprising a shell for being worn at least in part in the ear canal of a user and a faceplate (12) at the outer end of the shell or within a cavity of the shell having an outer opening, wherein the faceplate ... | 03/02/2006 |
| 20050274568 | High sound attenuating hearing protection device A hearing protection device insertable into an earcanal is provided, the device generally including a stem portion, a sound attenuating portion affixed to and extending at least partially over the stem portion, and a volume of space disposed between and delimited by the... | 12/15/2005 |
| 20050230181 | Length adjustable earplug cord A cord-earplug set (10) which includes a cord (16) that connects together a pair of earplugs (12, 14), the cord having a length that can be readily increased by a worker who pulls apart the opposite ends of the cord. The cord has an initial length m... | 10/20/2005 |
| 20050217925 | Hearing protection device An ear hearing protection unit is preferably coupled with a conventional hat, such as a baseball cap, and preferred routing channels extend proximal to an ear of a wearer of the hat. ... | 10/06/2005 |
| 20050150715 | Hanging sound suppression device A hanging sound suppression device consists of a sound suppression device coupled via a connector to a wearable object. In one embodiment, the wearable object is an earring. In another, it is an eyeglass frame. When not in use, the sound suppression device is permitted ... | 07/14/2005 |
| 20050082109 | Hearing aid A hearing aid to be placed in the auditory canal. This hearing aid is composed of one side that is fitted near the outside of the ear and another side that has to be fitted facing the eardrum. The two sides are connected to each other by way of a curvature. This curvatu... | 04/21/2005 |
