Hearing protection device with therapeutic cooling module
OwnerJeremiah Smithinventor
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Abstract
Hearing protection devices are described that provide therapeutic benefit by a cooling mechanism adapted to lower the temperature of a user wearing the hearing protection device. The hearing protection devices include a cooling assembly; and an earpiece magnetically attachable to the cooling assembly, wherein the cooling assembly comprises a cooling module, a heat sink module in thermal communication with the cooling module, and a fan adapted to reject heat from the cooling module; the cooling module comprises a thermoelectric cooler and a cooler magnet; and the earpiece comprises a body, a thermally conductive insert having a thermally conductive tip portion, and an earpiece magnet configured to magnetically attract to the cooler magnet.
Claims13
A hearing protection device comprising:
- a cooling assembly;
- and
- an earpiece magnetically attachable to and detachable from the cooling assembly,
- wherein:
- the cooling assembly comprises a cooling module, a heat sink module in thermal communication with the cooling module, and a fan adapted to reject heat from the cooling module;
- the cooling module comprises a thermoelectric cooler and a cooler magnet configured to magnetically attach to the earpiece;
- and
- the earpiece comprises an earpiece body, a thermally conductive insert insertable into an ear canal and having a thermally conductive tip.
A cooling assembly comprising:
- a cooling module comprising a thermoelectric cooler and a cooler magnet adapted to magnetically attach the cooling module to a contact surface of a thermally conductive insert of an earpiece;
- a cooling module cover covering the cooling module, the cooling module cover comprising a thermal transfer surface configured to establish thermal communication with the contact surface;
- a heat sink module in thermal communication with the cooling module;
- and
- a fan adapted to reject heat from the cooling module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.