Cable connector for hearing aids

• US 4,137,431 A
• Filed: 11/17/1977
• Issued: 01/30/1979
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/1976
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Danavox A/S
• Original Assignee: Hugo B. Pallesen
• Inventors: Pallesen, Hugo B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Stellar, George G.
• Application Number:
  US05/852,375
• Time in Patent Office: 439 Days
• Field of Search: 179/107 R, 179/107 BC, 179/107 FD, 179/107 H, 179/107 S, 179/107 E, 179/1 PC, 179/186
• US Class Current: 381/327
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/556 External connectors, e.g. plugs or modules H04R25/607 takes precedence

Abstract

Cable connector for the connection of an electrical cable to a near the ear places hearing aid, f.inst. hearing spectacles or a hearing aid placed behind the ear and comprising terminals secured to the cable, said terminals coming into contact with corresponding terminals in the housing during the connecting action, the cable connector comprising a terminal holder secured to the cable, said cable connector being arranged to engage around and come into snap engagement with the hearing aid, pairs of corresponding terminals being mounted with one terminal in the housing of the hearing aid and one terminal in said cable connector secured to said cable in such a way as to be placed opposite each other by connecting operation and to press resiliently against each other.

Claims

1. Cable connector for the connection of an electrical cable 8 to a near the ear places hearing aid, f.inst. hearing spectacles or a hearing aid placed behind the ear and comprising terminals secured to the cable, said terminals coming into contact with corresponding terminals in the housing during the connecting action, characterized in that the cable connector comprises a terminal holder secured to the cable, said cable connector being arranged to engage around and come into snap engagement with the hearing aid, pairs of corresponding terminals being mounted with one terminal in the housing of the hearing aid and one terminal in said cable connector secured to said cable in such a way as to be placed opposite each other by the connecting operation and to press resiliently against each other.

2. Cable connector according to claim 1, characterized in that the terminals in the terminal holder are contact springs, arranged to engage into recesses in the housing and press against as contact surfaces arranged terminals in the housing in the bottom of the recesses.

3. Cable connector according to claim 2 characterized in that one or more of the recesses are arranged at the end surface of the housing and one or more on the side of the housing.

4. Cable connector according to claim 1, characterized in that the cable connector is constituted of a cap with thin walls and mainly of the same form as the corresponding part of the housing.

5. Cable connector according to claim 4, characterized in that the terminals in the terminal holder are contact springs, arranged to engage into recesses in the housing and press against as contact surfaces arranged terminals in the housing in the bottom of the recesses.

6. Cable connector according to claim 5, characterized in that one or more of the recesses are arranged at the end surface of the housing and one or more on the side of the housing.