US 11,146,878 B2 · Hearing device

Abstract

A holder extends from a part fixed to a housing and curves in substantially S-shape. A portion that extends from the housing and significantly curves for the first time serves as an ear-hanging part. The ear-hanging part is a portion that is hanged on an upper part of an auricle of a user. A portion that curves from the ear-hanging part so as to protrude toward a transmitting surface serves as a holding part. That is, the holding part is a portion that is formed at a position opposed to the transmitting surface and that is closest to the transmitting surface. A grasping part that can be curved, as needed, so as to be slightly distanced away from the transmitting surface is provided further toward the end from the holding part. The grasping part is a portion at which the user grasps the holder, the grasping part being so held allowing for easy attachment to and detachment from the auricle.

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Dependent claims

A hearing device employing bone conduction, the hearing device comprising:

a vibrating part that converts acoustic electric signals into vibrations and outputs the vibrations;
a housing that accommodates the vibrating part;
and
a holder for fitting the housing to an ear, the holder being joined to the housing, wherein:
the housing is provided with a transmitting surface that comes into contact with only a rear side of the ear to transmit vibrations,
the holder comprises a holding part opposite to the transmitting surface,
the holding part on a front side of the ear and the transmitting surface on the rear side of the ear can interpose the ear and the holder is an arm-shaped elastic member extending from the housing, and
an ear-hanging part that hangs on an upper par of the ear is composed as one body with the holding part that protrudes from the ear-hanging part toward the transmitting surface.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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