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US 10,757,516 B2Granted
Electromagnetic transducer with specific interface geometries
AssigneeCochlear Limited
InventorsTommy Bergs, Anders Kallsvik
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Abstract
A device including a transducer and a connection assembly in fixed relationship with the transducer, configured to transfer vibrational energy directly or indirectly, at least one of to or from, the transducer, wherein a first component of the connection assembly is actively held by positive retention to the device by a second component of the connection assembly.
Claims37
A device, comprising:
- a transducer;
- and
- a connection assembly in fixed relationship with the transducer, configured to transfer vibrational energy directly or indirectly, at least one of to or from, the transducer, wherein
- the device includes a second component of the connection assembly,
- a first component of the connection assembly is actively held by positive retention to the device by the second component of the connection assembly,
- the device is a removable component of a bone conduction device, and the connection assembly is configured to connect to a skin penetrating component,
- the first component is a snap-coupling apparatus having teeth with spaces therebetween, the spaces opening downward away from the transducer, the teeth snapping into place below a flange of the skin penetrating component during connection to the skin penetrating component, and
- the first component is held by positive retention to the device by a protective sleeve configured to limit a number of interface regimes of the connection assembly with the skin penetrating component, the protective sleeve being the second component.
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A device, comprising:
- a transducer;
- and
- a housing encompassing at least a portion of the transducer, wherein
- the device includes a rotation limiter that limits rotation of the housing relative to the transducer, wherein
- the rotation limiter comprises one or more components in fixed relationship to the transducer and one or more components in fixed relationship to the housing that are configured to rotationally move relative to one another until contact between the respective components, thereby limiting the rotation, and
- at least one of:
- (A) at least one of (i) the one or more components in fixed relationship to the transducer or (ii) the one or more components in fixed relationship to the housing, are male components;
- and
- at least another of (i) the one or more components in fixed relationship to the transducer or (ii) the one or more components in fixed relationship to the housing, are female components in a male-female relationship with the corresponding male component, wherein
- the female component defines the extent to which relative rotation of the housing occurs as a result of limiting the movement of the male component therein, and
- with respect to a cross-section of the rotation limiter lying on a plane normal to a longitudinal axis of the device, relative to distance from the longitudinal axis, there is overlap of the one or more components in fixed relationship to the transducer and the other of the one or more components in fixed relationship to the housing so that the one or more components in fixed relationship to the transducer and the one or more components in fixed relationship to the housing will contact each other as a result of rotations about the longitudinal axis of one component relative to the other, thereby halting further rotation in a horizontal direction;
- or
- (B) the one or more components in fixed relationship to the housing are monolithic components with at least a substantial portion of the housing.
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A device, comprising:
- a removable component of a bone conduction device, including:
- a connector apparatus configured to removably connect the removable component to a recipient skin penetrating component, wherein
- the removable component of the bone conduction device does not include any metallic components within at least about 3 mm from a longitudinal end of the removable component on the connector side thereof, thereby providing improved resistance to electrostatic discharge at least with respect to such that can damage components of the bone conduction device and/or cause a sensation of pain or otherwise discomfort in the recipient during coupling of the removable component of the bone conduction device to a metallic skin penetrating component.
A device, comprising:
- a transducer;
- and
- a housing encompassing at least a portion of the transducer, wherein
- the device includes a rotation limiter that limits rotation of the housing relative to the transducer about a longitudinal axis of the transducer,
- the rotation limiter comprises one or more components in fixed relationship to the transducer and one or more components in fixed relationship to the housing that are configured to rotationally move relative to one another, and
- with respect to a cross-section of the rotation limiter lying on a plane normal to a longitudinal axis of the device, relative to distance from the longitudinal axis, there is overlap between the one or more components in fixed relationship to the transducer and the one or more components in fixed relationship to the housing so that the one or more components in fixed relationship to the transducer and the one or more components in fixed relationship to the housing will contact each other as a result of rotations about the longitudinal axis of one component relative to the other, thereby halting further rotation in a horizontal direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.