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Telephone handset

US7657049B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 9, 2004
Grant dateFeb 2, 2010
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Expiry dateMay 8, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04R2499/11
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An improved telephone handset for hearing-impaired persons. A passive device, in the form of an inductor wound about a highly magnetostrictive core, is connected with the speaker in the handset. The device has been found to improve intelligibility of speech delivered by the handset, when perceived by persons afflicted with certain types of hearing impairment.

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