Hearing device

• US 9,877,122 B2
• Filed: 05/13/2016
• Issued: 01/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sivantos Pte. Ltd. (WS Audiology A/S)
• Original Assignee: Sivantos Pte. Ltd. (WS Audiology A/S)
• Inventors: Flaig, Uwe
• Primary Examiner(s): Gauthier, Gerald
• Application Number:
  US15/153,961
• Publication Number:
  US 20160337766A1
• Time in Patent Office: 620 Days
• Field of Search: 235488, 257664, 320107, 340 101, 343702, 343745, 343873, 343895, 381314, 381315, 381317, 381318, 381322, 381323, 381324, 381 60, 381312, 381313, 381325, 381326, 381328, 381330, 455 903, 455 413, 600 25, 607 55, 607137
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2225/51 Aspects of antennas or their circuitry in or for hearing aids
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/554 using a wireless connection, e.g. between microphone and amplifier or using Tcoils
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/604 of acoustic or vibrational transducers
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/609 of circuitry of electronic switches or control elements H04R25/603
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/65 Housing parts, e.g. shells, tips or moulds, or their manufacture
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/658 Manufacture of housing parts

Abstract

A hearing device includes a housing having an assembly opening and a housing cap for closing the assembly opening. The hearing device also includes a signal processing unit disposed in the housing and a sealing body for sealing the housing against the ingress of contaminants. Additionally, the hearing device includes an antenna body for wireless signal transmission with a separate device. This antenna body is embedded in the sealing body.

Claims

1. A hearing device, comprising:

a housing having an interior, a basic body, an assembly opening, a housing cap and a closing edge formed between said basic body and said housing cap, said housing cap closing said assembly opening along said closing edge;

a signal processing unit disposed in said housing;

a sealing body disposed in said interior of said housing for sealing said closing edge from inside said housing against an ingress of contaminants; and

an antenna body for wireless communication with a separate device, said antenna body being embedded in said sealing body.

2. The hearing device according to claim 1, wherein said antenna body has a two-dimensional, film-shaped structure.

3. The hearing device according to claim 1, wherein said antenna body is molded-over with a plastic forming said sealing body.

4. The hearing device according to claim 3, wherein said plastic is an elastomer.

5. The hearing device according to claim 1, wherein said sealing body is formed as a half-shell permitting said sealing body, in an intended assembled state, to at least partly cover said signal processing unit as a hood.

6. The hearing device according to claim 1, wherein said antenna body has an exposed contact section placing said antenna body in contact with said signal processing unit through a solder joint.

7. The hearing device according to claim 1, which further comprises at least one microphone for capturing acoustic signals, said sealing body having at least one damping section for elastically supporting said at least one microphone against said housing.

8. The hearing device according to claim 7, wherein said housing has at least one microphone opening corresponding to said at least one microphone, and said sealing body has at least one perforation, in a vicinity of said at least one damping section, corresponding to said at least one microphone opening in an intended assembled state.

9. The hearing device according to claim 8, wherein said at least one perforation contains a barrier element, in a reversibly insertable form, for protecting said at least one microphone against moisture.

10. The hearing device according to claim 1, wherein said assembly opening provides access for assembling microphones, said signal processing unit and a loudspeaker in said housing.