# US 2015/0146901 A1 · Hearing aid removal handle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2015/0146901 A1 - Document ID: US20150146901A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/087,482 - Filed: 2013-11-22 - Published: 2015-05-28 - Earliest claimed: 2013-11-22 - Assignees: Starkey Laboratories, Inc. - Inventors: Janet Richardson; Toto Saykeo - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20150146901A1 ## CPC - H04R 25/65: {Housing parts, e.g. shells, tips or moulds, or their manufacture} - H04R 25/60: {Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles (ear wax retarders, e.g. mounting thereof H04R25/654)} - H04R 25/602: {of batteries} - H04R 25/609: {of circuitry (of electronic switches or control elements H04R25/603)} - H04R 2225/31: Aspects of the use of accumulators in hearing aids, e.g. rechargeable batteries or fuel cells - H04R 2460/03: Aspects of the reduction of energy consumption in hearing devices - H04R 2460/17: Hearing device specific tools used for storing or handling hearing devices or parts thereof, e.g. placement in the ear, replacement of cerumen barriers, repair, cleaning hearing devices - H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K) ## Abstract A removal handle design for a hearing aid is described in which the removal handle is attached to the battery door of the hearing aid. By locating the removal handle in the battery door, the removal handle may be added as the last step in the manufacturing process, thus ensuring no damage from cutting/beveling/buffing equipment. The design also eliminates interference with the opening and closing of the battery door. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A housing for a hearing aid, comprising: an earmold for containing electronic components of the hearing aid; a faceplate attached to the earmold; a battery door hingedly mounted on the faceplate opening into a battery compartment; a removal handle attached to the battery door. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The housing of claim 1 wherein the removal handle comprises a flexible elongated portion and a bulbous portion with the elongated portion attached to the battery door. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The housing of claim 2 wherein the elongated portion of the removal handle is a monofilament line. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The housing of claim 2 wherein the elongated portion is passed through a hole in the battery door and attached to the underside of the battery door. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The housing of claim 4 wherein the elongated portion is adhesively attached to the underside of the battery door. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The housing of claim 2 wherein the elongated portion is double-looped through holes in the battery door and attached to the underside of the battery door. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The housing of claim 1 wherein the battery door is adapted to be seated underneath a portion of the faceplate via tabs or another type of extension to secure it in a closed position. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The housing of claim 7 wherein the faceplate comprises an indentation that allows a user to pop the battery door open when access to the battery compartment is needed. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The housing of claim 2 wherein the elongated portion of the removal handle is attached to the battery door at a location nearer the battery door's hinged connection with the faceplate than to the opposite end of the battery door. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The housing of claim 8 wherein the elongated portion of the removal handle is angled away from the battery door's hinged connection. ### Claim 11 A method for constructing a housing for a hearing aid, comprising: attaching a faceplate to an earmold for containing electronic components of the hearing aid; hingedly mounting a battery door on the faceplate opening into a battery compartment; attaching a removal handle to the battery door. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11 wherein the removal handle comprises a flexible elongated portion and a bulbous portion with the elongated portion attached to the battery door. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12 wherein the elongated portion of the removal handle is a monofilament line. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12 further comprising passing the elongated portion through a hole in the battery door and attaching it to the underside of the battery door. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14 further comprising adhesively attaching the elongated portion to the underside of the battery door. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12 further comprising double-looping the elongated through holes in the battery door and attaching it to the underside of the battery door. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11 wherein the battery door is adapted to be seated underneath a portion of the faceplate via tabs or another type of extension to secure it in a closed position. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17 wherein the faceplate comprises an indentation that allows a user to pop the battery door open when access to the battery compartment is needed. ### Claim 19 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12 further comprising attaching the elongated portion of the removal handle to the battery door at a location nearer the battery door's hinged connection with the faceplate than to the opposite end of the battery door. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18 further comprising locating the elongated portion of the removal handle so as to be angled away from the battery door's hinged connection.