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US 12,526,592 B2Granted
Hearing aid with speaker unit assembly
AssigneeOticon A/S
InventorsBjarne Laursen, Bozhidar Kuzhuharov
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a hearing aid and detachable speaker unit assembly. The detachable speaker unit assembly comprises a fastening structure to provide an enhanced removal force and stable insertion into the ear canal of the user.
Claims16
A hearing aid comprising:
- a behind-the-ear (BTE) housing comprising a housing connector, the BTE housing including an input transducer configured to convert acoustic sound into an electrical signal, the BTE housing comprising a processor configured to process the electrical signal in accordance with a hearing loss of a user, and
- a detachable speaker unit having a speaker unit connector which includes a cable assembly and which is configured to snapably mate with the housing connector by interlocking of a snap arm with a snap ridge, the detachable speaker unit comprising an output transducer, wherein the detachable speaker unit connector is configured, with contact pins arranged therein, to establish electrical contact between the processor and the output transducer, when the speaker unit connector and the housing connector are in mechanical connection, the speaker unit connector including a speaker unit connector housing in which said contact pins are arranged, which contact pins are connected to said cable assembly by a printed circuit board (PCB);
- wherein the speaker unit connector housing, the PCB, and said cable assembly are mechanically overmolded together.
A detachable speaker unit assembly having a speaker unit connector configured to mate with a housing connector of a behind-the-ear (BTE) hearing aid housing, the detachable speaker unit including a cable assembly and comprising:
- an output transducer arranged in an in-the-ear (ITE) housing;
- a first plurality of electrical contacts, in the form of contact pins, arranged within the speaker unit connector;
- and
- one of:
- a protruding structure formed on an outer surface of the plug housing of the speaker unit connector and shaped to snap into an aperture cut out from a surface of the housing connector of the BTE housing, and
- an aperture cut out from a surface of a plug housing shaped to be snapped into by a protruding structure formed on an outer surface of the housing connector,
- wherein the speaker unit connector includes a speaker unit connector housing in which said contact pins are arranged, which contact pins are connected to said cable assembly by a printed circuit board (PCB);
- wherein the speaker unit connector housing, the PCB, and said cable assembly are mechanically overmolded together.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.