Hearing aid controls operable with battery door
AssigneeResistance Technology, Inc.
InventorLester Iburg
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Abstract
A hearing aid includes a face plate, a battery door, and a switch. The faceplate has an opening formed therein. The battery door is movable within the opening. The switch is operably disposed in the hearing aid so that movement of the battery door activates the switch for control of the hearing aid.
Claims21
A hearing aid comprising:
- a faceplate having an opening formed therein;
- a switch operably disposed in the hearing aid for control of the hearing aid, wherein the switch is movable between an activated position and an inactivated position, and wherein the switch is biased to the inactivated position;
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- a battery door mounted within the opening, wherein the battery door has a switch activation area, wherein applying an external force to the switch activation area pivots the battery door from an initial position and moves the switch to the activated position, and wherein the switch causes the battery door to pivot back to the initial position upon removal of the external force.
A hearing aid switch arrangement for use in a hearing aid having a hearing aid audio component, the hearing aid switch arrangement comprising:
- a hearing aid housing having a battery door boot formed therein;
- a battery door capable of receiving a battery therein, wherein the battery door is movable within the battery door boot;
- a first switch operably connected to the hearing aid audio component and operably disposed in the hearing aid housing;
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- a second switch operably connected to the hearing aid audio component and operably disposed in the hearing aid housing, wherein movement of the battery door with respect to the hearing aid housing alternatively activates the first switch and the second switch for control of the hearing aid.
A hearing aid battery door for use in a hearing aid having a hearing aid audio component, the hearing aid battery door comprising:
- a battery housing for holding a battery, the battery housing being movable within a hearing aid housing;
- a first switch activation area operable with the battery housing for contacting a first conductive switch for control of the hearing aid audio component;
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- a second switch activation area operable with the battery housing for contacting a second conductive switch for control of the hearing aid audio component, wherein the first switch activation area is opposite the second switch activation area.
A method for controlling a hearing aid audio component by activating a first switch, wherein the hearing aid audio component and the first switch are mounted to a hearing aid, wherein the first switch is movable between an activated position and an inactivated position, the method comprising:
- providing a battery door on the hearing aid, wherein the battery door has a first switch activation area for activating the first switch;
- biasing the first switch to the inactivated position;
- applying a first external force to the first switch activation area to pivot the battery door from an initial position and move the first switch to the activated position;
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- pivoting the battery door back to the initial position upon removal of the first external force.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.