US 12,225,357 B2
Cable alignment features in a custom-fitted hearing device shell
Janet Glenn, Minneapolis, MN (US); Toto Saykeo, Eden Prairie, MN (US); Craig Feldsien, Eden Prairie, MN (US); and Justin Barlow, Minneapolis, MN (US)
Assigned to STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC., Eden Prairie, MN (US)
Filed by STARKEY LABORATORIES, INC., Eden Prairie, MN (US)
Filed on Aug. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/893,359.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/239,208, filed on Aug. 31, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0065068 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04R 25/00 (2006.01); H01R 24/56 (2011.01)
CPC H04R 25/652 (2013.01) [H01R 24/56 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. 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; and
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.