H04R 2225/61
Aspects relating to mechanical or electronic switches or control elements
Official title: Aspects relating to mechanical or electronic switches or control elements, e.g. functioning
H04R2225/61 (Aspects relating to mechanical or electronic switches or control elements) appears on 741 US grants and 868 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04R- Granted patents
- 741
- Published applications
- 868
- Assignees
- 201
- Inventors
- 1,266
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 4 | 8 |
| 2004 | 9 | 15 |
| 2005 | 4 | 19 |
| 2006 | 10 | 8 |
| 2007 | 8 | 19 |
| 2008 | 6 | 24 |
| 2009 | 11 | 29 |
| 2010 | 7 | 18 |
| 2011 | 18 | 26 |
| 2012 | 38 | 24 |
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| 2014 | 33 | 39 |
| 2015 | 27 | 45 |
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| 2017 | 36 | 48 |
| 2018 | 49 | 47 |
| 2019 | 41 | 53 |
| 2020 | 57 | 61 |
| 2021 | 44 | 47 |
| 2022 | 47 | 66 |
| 2023 | 49 | 49 |
| 2024 | 52 | 42 |
| 2025 | 38 | 59 |
| 2026 | 28 | 40 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Hearing device having a power source22 Sep 2026US 12,745,051 B2Oticon A/S
- Hearing device with active antenna switching18 Aug 2026US 12,713,187 B2GN Hearing A/S
- Method of fitting a hearing device and fitting device for fitting the hearing device11 Aug 2026US 12,702,330 B2Sivantos Pte.Ltd
- Method for creating a frailty indicator value for a person using a hearing instrument and hearing instrument11 Aug 2026US 12,707,188 B2Sivantos Pte.Ltd
- Modular hearing instrument comprising electro-acoustic calibration parameters11 Aug 2026US 12,707,207 B2GN Hearing A/S
- Hearing aid comprising an activation element24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292415 A1Oticon A/S
- Hearing assistance devices with control of other devices24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292416 A1Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Third-party control of hearing device, hearing device and related methods24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292497 A1GN Hearing A/S
- Third-party control of hearing device, hearing device and related methods24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292498 A1GN Hearing A/S
- Ear-wearable device with different directional modes20 Aug 2026US 2026/0247083 A1Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Hearing aid344US 6,690,807 B12004
- Communication system including a hearing aid and a language translation system269US 6,157,727 ASiemens Audiologische Technik GmbH · 2000
- Magnetic attachment device for insertion and removal of hearing aid250US 4,756,312 AAdvanced Hearing Technology, Inc. · 1988
- Hearing aid234US 7,010,137 B1Sarnoff Corporation · 2006
- Hearing aid with wireless remote control205US 5,012,520 ASiemens Aktiengesellschaft · 1991