Cover Plate for an Earpiece, Earpiece and Method of Producing Earpiece
AssigneeSonova AG
InventorsAndre Ochsenbein, Michael Takacs, Gabriel Perez
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a cover plate for covering a lateral opening of a shell of an earpiece configured to be worn at least partially within an ear canal, wherein the cover plate comprises a circumferential trench for receiving an antenna on a medial side of the cover plate, wherein the cover plate comprises a circumferential wall radially outward from the trench and adjacent the wall a surface for gluing the shell on.
Claims18
A cover plate for covering a lateral opening of a shell of an earpiece configured to be worn at least partially within an ear canal, wherein the cover plate comprises a circumferential trench for receiving an antenna on a medial side of the cover plate, wherein the cover plate comprises a circumferential wall radially outward from the trench and adjacent the wall a surface for gluing the shell on.
An earpiece, configured to be worn at least partially within an ear canal, the earpiece comprising:
- a cover plate comprising a circumferential trench for receiving an antenna on a medial side of the cover plate, wherein the cover plate comprises a circumferential wall radially outward from the trench and adjacent the wall a surface for gluing the shell on, and
- a shell with a lateral opening covered by the cover plate, wherein a lateral end of the shell is glued at least on a medial surface of the cover plate outward from the wall.
A method of producing an earpiece, the method comprising:
- providing a cover plate comprising a circumferential trench for receiving an antenna on a medial side of the cover plate, wherein the cover plate comprises a circumferential wall radially outward from the trench and adjacent the wall a surface for gluing the shell on,
- arranging at least one internal component on a medial side of the cover plate,
- arranging an antenna in the trench,
- gluing a lateral end of the shell at least upon a medial surface of the cover plate outwardly from the wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.