Cable alignment features in a custom-fitted hearing device shell
AssigneeStarkey Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsJanet Glenn, Toto Saykeo, Craig Feldsien, Justin Barlow
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Abstract
An ear-wearable electronic device includes a shell with a cable retention slot. The cable entrance slot has an interior end and an exterior end. A bend surface extends from the exterior end of the cable retention slot to an exterior surface of the shell. The bend surface aligned with a crux of a user's ear when the ear-wearable device is installed in an ear of the user's ear. The shell may include a uniquely-shaped outer surface that corresponds uniquely to an ear geometry of the user of the ear-wearable device.
Claims19
An ear-wearable electronic device, comprising:
- a shell comprising:
- a cable retention slot, the cable entrance slot comprising an interior end and an exterior end;
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- a bend surface extending from the exterior end of the cable retention slot to an exterior surface of the shell, the bend surface aligned with a crux of a user's ear when the ear-wearable device is installed in an ear of the user's ear.
An ear-wearable electronic device, comprising:
- a shell having a uniquely-shaped outer surface that corresponds uniquely to an ear geometry of a user of the ear-wearable device, the shell comprising:
- a cable retention slot, the cable entrance slot comprising an interior end and an exterior end;
- a bend surface extending from the exterior end of the cable retention slot to an exterior surface of the shell, the bend surface aligned with a crux of a user's ear when the ear-wearable device is installed in an ear of the user;
- and a faceplate void that has a curved and beveled perimeter edge, the faceplate void facilitating access to one or more devices installable into the shell, the cable retention slot intersecting the perimeter edge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.