IP Library Granted Patent US 7,676,050
Granted Patent B2
US 7,676,050 · App. 11/373,697 · Granted Mar 9, 2010

Cover fixture for at least one microphone input of a hearing device

Assignee: Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH
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Patent No.
US 7,676,050
App. No.
11/373,697
Granted
Mar 9, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

Protective facilities in microphone inputs of a hearing device should be able to be exchanged in a more user-friendly manner. For this purpose, provision is made for a cover fixture for at least one microphone input of a hearing device with an essentially acoustically permeable protective facility to protect the at least one microphone input against solid particles. The cover fixture can be fixed to the surface of the hearing device in a friction-fitted or form-fitted manner. The cover fixture can however also be designed in one piece with the upper shell of the hearing device.

Claims (14)

1. A cover fixture for at least one microphone input of a hearing device, comprising:

an acoustically permeable protective facility for protecting the at least one microphone input against solid particles; and

a carrier facility for supporting the protective facility, the carrier facility configured to be connected to a surface of a housing of a behind-the-ear hearing device;

wherein the cover fixture is connected to a battery compartment cover, the cover fixture and the battery compartment cover forming one piece;

and wherein the carrier facility is a clasp configured to at least partially embrace a segment of the hearing device such that the carrier facility can be clasped to the housing.

2. The cover fixture according to claim 1 , wherein the protective facility comprises a protective film, a non-woven material, a grid or a filter.

3. A behind-the-ear hearing device, comprising a cover fixture for at least one microphone input of a hearing device, the cover fixture comprising:

an acoustically permeable protective facility for protecting the at least one microphone input against solid particles; and

a carrier facility for supporting the protective facility, the carrier facility configured to be connected to a surface of a housing of the behind-the-ear hearing device;

wherein the cover fixture is connected to a battery compartment cover, the cover fixture and the battery compartment cover forming one piece;

and wherein the carrier facility is a clasp configured to at least partially embrace a segment of the hearing device such that the carrier facility can be clasped to the housing.

4. The hearing device according to claim 3 , wherein the cover fixture comprises an electrical contact for short-circuiting two conductor segments of hearing device electronics when the cover fixture is installed.

5. The hearing device according to claim 1 , wherein said clasp is configured to embrace the hearing device in an attached state in which a clasping force is formed between a molding of the clasp and an outer shell of the hearing device.

6. The hearing device according to claim 1 , wherein said protective facility is positioned in a cantilever of the battery compartment cover, and wherein said cantilever is positioned flush with the edge of the microphone input, to minimize oscillation of the cantilever.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2006
From: SAUER, JOSEPH
To: SIEMENS AUDIOLOGISCHE TECHNIK GMBH
Reel/Frame 017687/0918 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2005 012 149 · Mar 16, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20060215863A1 · Sep 28, 2006