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Granted Patent B2
US 10,542,359 · App. 16/001,004 · Granted Jan 21, 2020

Hearing device

Inventors: Erwin Singer (Eckental, DE); Christian Schmitt (Grossenseebach, DE); Benjamin Schmidt (Roethenbach an der Pegnitz, DE)
Assignee: Sivantos Pte. Ltd.
H04R25/652H01Q1/22H01Q1/273H04R25/55H04R25/604H04R25/70H04R1/10H04R2225/025H04R2225/51
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Patent No.
US 10,542,359
App. No.
16/001,004
Granted
Jan 21, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hearing device that can be produced particularly efficiently has a housing, which can be inserted into an auditory canal of a person wearing the hearing device, and also a flexible retainer dome releasably fastened to the housing. The retainer dome serves to support the housing in the auditory canal. The housing has a one-piece housing shell and a face place. A structural unit with a receiver is disposed on the housing shell. The housing shell has a first, front-side opening, which is closed with the face plate, and a second, rear-side opening opposite the first opening. The structural unit protrudes from the rear-side opening with a retainer stub. The structural unit is fixed on the housing shell by a securing ring that is mounted externally onto the retainer stub.

Claims (20)

1. A hearing device, comprising:

a housing configured for insertion into an auditory canal of a person wearing the hearing device;

said housing having a one-piece housing shell formed with a first, front-side opening and a second, rear-side opening substantially opposite said front-side opening, and a face plate closing said front-side opening;

a structural unit including a receiver disposed in said housing shell, said structural unit having a pot-shaped retainer stub having a peripheral wall protruding from said rear-side opening;

a securing ring being mounted to structural unit by a threaded connection on the peripheral wall, said securing ring fixing said structural unit on said housing shell; and

a flexible retainer dome releasably fastened to said housing and configured to support said housing in the auditory canal.

2. The hearing device according to claim 1 , comprising:

a protection device associated with said securing ring and configured for blocking a functioning operation of the hearing device when said securing ring is fitted incorrectly.

3. The hearing device according to claim 1 , wherein said structural unit comprises a ring antenna for wireless data transmission by magnetic induction.

4. The hearing device according to claim 1 , wherein said retainer stub is formed with an outer thread and said securing ring is formed with a corresponding inner thread.

5. The hearing device according to claim 4 , which comprises a screw fastening for securing said securing ring against unintended release.

6. The hearing device according to claim 1 , wherein said retainer stub has a connection element onto which said retainer dome is pluggable with a corresponding connection element.

7. The hearing device according to claim 1 , wherein said securing ring has a connection element onto which said retainer dome is pluggable with a corresponding connection element.

8. The hearing device according to claim 2 , wherein said protection device is at least one of a mechanical or electrical device.

9. The hearing device according to claim 2 , which comprises a battery flap, and wherein said securing ring is mechanically coupled to said battery flap, such that said battery flap cannot be closed when said securing ring is fitted incorrectly.

10. The hearing device according to claim 2 , wherein said securing ring is assigned an electrical contact that is opened if said securing ring is fitted incorrectly, such that a voltage supply to the hearing device is interrupted when said securing ring is fitted incorrectly.

11. The hearing device according to claim 1 , wherein said securing ring, in addition to the function of fixing said structural unit, is configured to perform an additional function.

12. The hearing device according to claim 1 , wherein said face plate is fastened to said housing shell by way of a latching connection.

13. The hearing device according to claim 1 , wherein said peripheral wall has a stop on an outer edge thereof, said stop bears on an edge of the housing shell surrounding said rear-side opening.

14. The hearing device according to claim 13 , wherein said stop has an radially outwardly protruding anti rotation lug disposed thereon.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 11, 2018
From: SINGER, ERWIN; SCHMITT, CHRISTIAN; SCHMIDT, BENJAMIN
To: SIVANTOS PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 046043/0520 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2017 210 447 · Jun 21, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180376263A1 · Dec 27, 2018
Cited By (2)
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