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Granted Patent B2
US 11,399,244 · App. 17/070,007 · Granted Jul 26, 2022

Hearing instrument

Inventors: Martin Schmidt (Erlangen, DE); Peter Nikles (Erlangen, DE)
Assignee: Sivantos Pte. Ltd.
H04R25/602H04R2225/31
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Patent No.
US 11,399,244
App. No.
17/070,007
Granted
Jul 26, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hearing instrument is specified having a rechargeable battery, a charging coil for inductively receiving energy for charging the battery, a transmitter and/or receiver coil electrically separated from the charging coil for inductively transmitting and/or receiving data, and a magnetic core. Both the charging coil and the transmitter and/or receiver coil are wound on the magnetic core.

Claims (19)

1. A hearing instrument, comprising:

a rechargeable battery;

a charging coil for inductively receiving energy for charging said rechargeable battery;

a transmitter and/or receiver coil electrically separated from said charging coil for inductively transmitting and/or receiving data;

a magnetic core on which both said charging coil and said transmitter and/or receiver coil are wound; and

said charging coil and said transmitter and/or receiver coil being wound on said magnetic core in such a way that their coil axes are oriented precisely or approximately orthogonally to one another for substantially precluding a mutual magnetic influence of said coils.

2. The hearing instrument according to claim 1 , wherein:

said magnetic core is configured as a hollow body; and

said battery is disposed in said magnetic core.

3. The hearing instrument according to claim 1 , wherein said magnetic core has a cylindrical form with two parallel end faces, which are opposite one another along an axis, and a circumferential wall which connects said end faces.

4. The hearing instrument according to claim 3 , wherein said magnetic core has a height which is measured along the axis and a width which is measured perpendicular to the axis, and wherein a ratio of the height to the width is between 1:1 and 1:4.

5. The hearing instrument according to claim 3 , wherein one of said transmitter and/or receiver coil or said charging coil is wound around said circumferential wall, so that its coil axis is oriented parallel to the axis of said magnetic core, and wherein the other of said transmitter and/or receiver coil and said charging coil is wound over said end faces and said circumferential wall, so that its coil axis is oriented orthogonally to the axis of said magnetic core.

6. The hearing instrument according to claim 1 , wherein said magnetic core consists of a soft magnetic ferrite material.

7. The hearing instrument according to claim 1 ,

wherein said magnetic core is configured as a hollow body; and

further comprising an electronic component, said battery and/or said electronic component are disposed in said magnetic core.

8. The hearing instrument according to claim 7 , wherein said electronic component is a charging electronic system.

9. The hearing instrument according to claim 3 , wherein said magnetic core has a height which is measured along its axis and a width which is measured perpendicular to its axis, and wherein a ratio of the height to the width is 1:2.5.

10. The hearing instrument according to claim 1 , wherein said magnetic core is configured as a flat cylinder with said transmitter or receiver coil being wound around a circumferential wall of said magnetic core and said charging coil is wound over end faces and said circumferential wall of said magnetic core.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2020
From: SCHMIDT, MARTIN; NIKLES, PETER
To: SIVANTOS PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 054111/0662 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 102019215843.9 · Oct 15, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210112348A1 · Apr 15, 2021
Cited By (1)
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