Antenna designs for hearing instruments
AssigneeStarkey Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsEzdeen Elghannai, Casey Murray, Ganesh Borra
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Abstract
A hearing instrument comprises a housing that defines a cavity; a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed within the cavity; an antenna that comprises an internal portion and an external portion, wherein a first location on the internal portion of the antenna is disposed within the cavity and is physically connected to the PCB and a different second location on the internal portion of the antenna is physically connected to the external portion of the antenna; and a cable protruding from the housing and configured for use as a handle for removal of the hearing instrument from an ear of a user, wherein the cable encloses the external portion of the antenna.
Claims19
A hearing instrument comprising:
- a housing that defines a cavity;
- a radio transceiver disposed within the cavity;
- an antenna coupled to the radio transceiver, the antenna comprising an internal portion and an external portion, wherein the internal portion of the antenna is disposed within the cavity, comprises a flexed shaped sheet of a conductive material, and is physically connected to the external portion of the antenna;
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- a cable protruding from the housing and configured for use as a handle for removal of the hearing instrument from an ear of a user, wherein the cable comprises the external portion of the antenna.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.