IP Library Granted Patent US 11,212,610
Granted Patent B2
US 11,212,610 · App. 16/963,743 · Granted Dec 28, 2021

Hearing device

Inventor: Hataaki Sha (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: BOCO INC.
H04R1/1091H04R2460/13
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Patent No.
US 11,212,610
App. No.
16/963,743
Granted
Dec 28, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hearing device is characterized by being provided with: a bone conduction drive that converts acoustic electric signals to vibrations; a housing that contains the bone conduction drive; a vibration output structure that is provided in the housing and that outputs the vibrations converted by the bone conduction drive; and an ear-hanging member provided to the housing, wherein one of a plurality of the vibration output structures which have different shapes is provided to the housing.

Claims (20)

1. A hearing device comprising:

a bone conduction drive that converts acoustic electric signals into vibrations;

a vibration output structure that outputs the vibrations converted by the bone conduction drive; and

an ear-hanging member that is provided above a housing accommodating the bone conduction drive and is hanged on an upper part of an auricle so as to dispose the vibration output structure between a back part of the auricle and a temporal region,

wherein the vibration output structure is disposed between the back part of the auricle and the temporal region and has a length that comes into contact with an area ranging from an upper part to a lower part of the back of the auricle.

2. The hearing device according to claim 1 , further comprising a locking means for an earlobe, the locking means being provided below the housing and enabling accurate fitting of the vibration output structure.

3. The hearing device according to claim 1 , wherein the ear-hanging member is formed as detachable to the housing.

4. The hearing device according to claim 1 , wherein instead of including the ear-hanging member, the housing is disposed at each end of a neckband or a headband.

5. The hearing device according to claim 1 , wherein the vibration output structure vibrates without vibrating the housing.

6. The hearing device according to claim 1 , wherein a buffer member that absorbs vibrations is provided between the vibration output structure and the housing.

7. The hearing device according to claim 2 , wherein the ear-hanging member is formed as detachable to the housing.

8. The hearing device according to claim 2 , wherein instead of including the ear-hanging member, the housing is disposed at each end of a neckband or a headband.

9. The hearing device according to claim 3 , wherein instead of including the ear-hanging member, the housing is disposed at each end of a neckband or a headband.

10. The hearing device according to claim 2 , wherein the vibration output structure vibrates without vibrating the housing.

11. The hearing device according to claim 3 , wherein the vibration output structure vibrates without vibrating the housing.

12. The hearing device according to claim 2 , wherein a buffer member that absorbs vibrations is provided between the vibration output structure and the housing.

13. The hearing device according to claim 3 , wherein a buffer member that absorbs vibrations is provided between the vibration output structure and the housing.

14. The hearing device according to claim 4 , wherein the vibration output structure vibrates without vibrating the housing.

15. The hearing device according to claim 4 , wherein a buffer member that absorbs vibrations is provided between the vibration output structure and the housing.

16. The hearing device according to claim 5 , wherein a buffer member that absorbs vibrations is provided between the vibration output structure and the housing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2020
From: SHA, HATAAKI
To: BOCO INC.
Reel/Frame 053282/0094 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-009561 · Jan 24, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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