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US 11,240,614 B2Granted
Method of sealing a module and a hearing device
AssigneeSonova AG
InventorsNatasha Thumm, Christian Frei, Matthias Stadler, André Lucien Ochsenbein, Tobias Balmer, Fiona Pacifico
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of sealing a module (14) in a hearing device housing. The method comprises the steps of preparing the module (14) and the hearing device housing, and applying a sealing material (28) into a space, said space being formed between the module (14) and the hearing device housing.
Claims10
A method of sealing a hearing device, the method comprising:
- mounting a module to a hearing device housing,
- wherein the module includes a port that is formed through a wall of the module, the port connecting to a space between the module and the hearing device housing,
- wherein the module includes electronic circuitry for the hearing device;
- adding sealing material to the port in the wall of the module such that sealing material fills the space between the module and the hearing device housing,
- wherein the sealing material is a liquid adhesive;
- and
- curing the sealing material to seal the hearing device.
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A hearing device, the hearing device comprising:
- a housing comprising titanium;
- a module mounted to the housing,
- wherein the module includes a port formed in a wall of the module, the port configured to enable flow of sealing material from an inside of the module to a space between the housing and module,
- wherein the module includes spacers configured to hold the module in place relative to the housing,
- wherein the module includes hearing device circuitry;
- and
- a sealing material in the space between the housing and the module,
- wherein the sealing material comprises an elastic material and wherein the sealing material was cured.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.