IP Library Granted Patent US 6,909,613
Granted Patent B2
US 6,909,613 · App. 09/863,436 · Granted Jun 21, 2005

Assembly comprising an electrical element

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Patent No.
US 6,909,613
App. No.
09/863,436
Granted
Jun 21, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to an assembly comprising an electrical element, such as a coil, and especially to an assembly more easily assembled. Assemblies of this type are used for receivers for hearing aids or sound generators for e.g. mobile telephones.

Claims (21)

1. A transducer assembly comprising:

a housing having an opening or an indentation at an inner surface thereof, and

an electro-magnetic component having a first conductor end, the electro magnetic component being positionable within the housing, the transducer assembly further comprising a first projection, the first projection being in electrical communication with the electro-magnetic component via the first conductor end, the first projection further being susceptible to introduction into the opening or indentation when the electro-magnetic component being installed within the housing, wherein the electro-magnetic component is enclosed within a container, the first projection being provided at a surface thereof, and wherein the container comprises a material wherein the electro-magnetic component is at least partly cast-in.

2. An assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first projection is electrically conducting.

3. An assembly according to claim 1 , wherein, at the position of the indentation, the housing is electrically conducting from the inside to the outside of the housing in order to provide electrical contact from outside the housing to the first projection via or through the housing.

4. An assembly according to any claim 1 , wherein the first projection is displaceable in relation relative to the electro-magnetic component.

5. An assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the electro-magnetic component comprises a coil comprising at least one coiled electrical conductor having two ends, and wherein the first projection is connected to one of the ends of the coil.

6. An assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the electro-magnetic component is a loudspeaker.

7. An assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the assembly further comprises a second electrically conducting projection being in electrical communication with the electro-magnetic component via a second conductor end, the second projection being introduced into an opening or indentation when the electro-magnetic component is installed within the housing.

8. An assembly according to claim 4 , wherein the electro-magnetic component and the first projection are adapted to be snap-fitted into the housing, the snap-fitting being performed by the displaceable first projection and the opening or indentation of the housing in combination.

9. A mobile device comprising an assembly according to claim 6 , the mobile device being a hearing aid or a mobile telephone or a personal listening device.

10. A transducer assembly comprising

a housing having an opening or an indentation at an inner surface thereof, and

an electro-magnetic component having a first conductor end, the electro magnetic component being positionable within the housing, the transducer assembly further comprising a first projection, the first projection being in electrical communication with the electro-magnetic component via the first conductor end, the first projection further being susceptible to introduction into the opening or indentation when the electro-magnetic component being installed within the housing,

wherein the first projection is displaceable relative to the electro-magnetic component, and wherein the electro-magnetic component and the first projection are adapted to be snap-fitted into the housing, the snap-fitting being performed by the displaceable first projection and the opening or indentation of the housing in combination.

11. An assembly according to claim 10 , wherein the first projection is electrically conducting.

12. An assembly according to claim 10 , wherein, at the position of the indentation, the housing is electrically conducting from the inside to the outside of the housing in order to provide electrical contact from outside the housing to the first projection via or through the housing.

13. An assembly according to claim 10 , wherein the electro-magnetic component comprises a coil comprising at least one coiled electrical conductor having two ends, and wherein the first projection is connected to one of the ends of the coil.

14. An assembly according to claim 10 , wherein the electro-magnetic component is a loudspeaker.

15. An assembly according to claim 11 , wherein the assembly further comprises a second electrically conducting projection being in electrical communication with the electro-magnetic component via a second conductor end, the second projection being introduced into an opening or indentation when the electro-magnetic component is installed within the housing.

16. A mobile device comprising an assembly according to claim 14 , the mobile device being a hearing aid or a mobile telephone or a personal listening device.

Assignments (7)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2010
From: PULSE NEDERLAND B.V.
To: SONION NEDERLAND B.V.
Reel/Frame 024120/0332 →
MERGER Recorded Oct 13, 2009
From: SONION NEDERLAND B.V.
To: PULSE NEDERLAND B.V.
Reel/Frame 023379/0043 →
MERGER Recorded Oct 2, 2009
From: SONION NEDERLAND B.V.
To: PULSE NEDERLAND B.V.
Reel/Frame 023312/0944 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 16, 2009
From: SONIONMICROTRONIC NEDERLAND B.V.
To: SONION NEDERLAND B.V.
Reel/Frame 023254/0943 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 25, 2009
From: SONIONMICROTRONIC NEDERLAND B.V.
To: SONION NEDERLAND B.V.
Reel/Frame 023134/0538 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 26, 2005
From: MICROTRONIC NEDERLAND B.V.
To: SONIONMICROTRONIC NEDERLAND B.V.
Reel/Frame 016196/0656 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 7, 2001
From: AUGUSTIJN, JEROEN; GESCHIERE, ONNO; DE BLOK, MARCEL
To: MICROTRONIC NEDERLAND B.V.
Reel/Frame 012052/0222 →