An ear cup for a hearing protector
AssigneeSavox Communications Oy AB (Ltd)
InventorsJanne ROSTI, Ville RIIKONEN
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Abstract
An ear cup for a hearing protector includes a cup-shaped outer casing, a sealing ring on a rim of the outer casing, and at least one electrical component such as a microphone. The electrical component is mounted on a flexible circuit board attached on the outer surface of the outer casing, where the outer casing includes a slit through which the flexible circuit board extends to the inside of the outer casing so as to provide electrical connections between the electrical component and an electrical circuitry inside the outer casing. Thus, there is no need for wide openings on the outer casing of the ear cup, instead only a narrow slit suffices. This facilitates achieving good noise reduction properties.
Claims19
1-12. (canceled)
An ear cup for a hearing protector, the ear cup comprising:
- an outer casing,
- a sealing ring on a rim of the outer casing and suitable for sealingly abut against a head of a user around an ear of the user, and
- at least one electrical component outside the outer casing,
- wherein the electrical component is mounted on a flexible circuit board attached on an outer surface of the outer casing, the outer casing comprising a slit through which the flexible circuit board extends to inside of the outer casing so as to provide electrical connections between the electrical component and an electrical circuitry inside the outer casing.
A hearing protector comprising a first ear cup, a second ear cup, and a band for mechanically interconnecting the first and second ear cups, wherein at least the first ear cup comprises:
- an outer casing,
- a sealing ring on a rim of the outer casing and suitable for sealingly abut against a head of a user around an ear of the user, and
- at least one electrical component outside the outer casing,
- wherein the electrical component is mounted on a flexible circuit board attached on an outer surface of the outer casing, the outer casing comprising a slit through which the flexible circuit board extends to inside of the outer casing so as to provide electrical connections between the electrical component and an electrical circuitry inside the outer casing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.