H04R 25/60
Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts
Official title: {Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles (ear wax retarders, e.g. mounting thereof H04R25/654)}
H04R25/60 (Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts) appears on 3,439 US grants and 3,974 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H04R- Granted patents
- 3,439
- Published applications
- 3,974
- Assignees
- 653
- Inventors
- 3,923
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 33 | 43 |
| 2003 | 45 | 54 |
| 2004 | 47 | 81 |
| 2005 | 23 | 74 |
| 2006 | 55 | 69 |
| 2007 | 54 | 97 |
| 2008 | 45 | 107 |
| 2009 | 35 | 158 |
| 2010 | 69 | 107 |
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| 2019 | 203 | 190 |
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| 2021 | 199 | 291 |
| 2022 | 211 | 275 |
| 2023 | 230 | 250 |
| 2024 | 223 | 226 |
| 2025 | 186 | 190 |
| 2026 | 117 | 150 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Binaural hearing system with distributed sensors, and method of its operation6 Oct 2026US 12,754,204 B2Sonova AG
- Hearing aid with internal antenna6 Oct 2026US 12,756,982 B2Oticon A/S
- System for charging an ear-worn electronic device22 Sep 2026US 12,745,031 B2Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
- Hearing aid retention tether22 Sep 2026US 12,745,050 B2Sheenah Sling LLC
- Hearing device having a power source22 Sep 2026US 12,745,051 B2Oticon A/S
- A wearable electronic device comprising an rf antenna8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306856 A1Uneeg Medical A/S
- Feedback Canceller in a Hearing Assistance System8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313299 A1Legato Audio, Inc.
- Hearing device and battery unit for a hearing device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0313305 A1GN Hearing A/S
- Method and system for use of hearing prosthesis for linguistic evaluation1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295254 A1Cochlear Limited
- Magnetic induction antenna module1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295282 A1Cochlear Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method for optimally positioning and securing the external unit of a transcutaneous transducer of the skin of a living body482US 5,545,191 AAlfred E. Mann Foundation for Scientific Research · 1996
- Hybrid behind-the-ear and completely-in-canal hearing aid427US 5,606,621 ASiemens Hearing Instruments, Inc. · 1997
- Charging system for implantable hearing aids and tinnitus maskers369US 5,279,292 AImplex Corporation · 1994
- Wide audio bandwidth transduction method and device365US 6,631,197 B1GN ReSound North America Corporation · 2003
- Hearing aid344US 6,690,807 B12004