Feedback reducing receiver mount and assembly
AssigneeSiemens Hearing Instruments, Inc.
InventorOleg Saltykov
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Abstract
A flexible support for a hearing instrument receiver suspended on a receiver tube in a hearing instrument housing will lessen the feedback that could be generated if the housing is jostled. A tether affixed to the receiver and anchored to the housing functions in this manner, and also improves the stability of the receiver inside the housing. Alternatively, a floating arrangement, where the receiver rotatably resides in a cradle may also offer feedback reduction and isolation for the receiver.
Claims21
A hearing instrument, comprising:
- a housing;
- a receiver assembly;
- a receiver tube connected to the receiver assembly and attached to the housing;
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- a receiver mounting assembly affixed to the receiver assembly and the housing, where the receiver mounting assembly comprises a tether exhibiting properties of resilience and compliance, the tether being affixed to the receiver assembly at a point not coaxial with respect to the receiver tube.
A receiver for a hearing instrument comprising a housing, where the housing has a receptacle for a receiver tube, comprising:
- a receiver assembly;
- a receiver tube for insertion into the receptacle of the housing;
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- a receiver mounting assembly affixed to the receiver assembly and the housing, where the receiver mounting assembly comprises a tether exhibiting properties of resilience and compliance, the tether being affixed to the receiver assembly at a point not coaxial with respect to the receiver tube.
A receiver mounting assembly for securing a hearing instrument receiver assembly in a hearing instrument housing, where the hearing instrument further comprises a receiver tube connected to the receiver assembly and attached to the housing, comprising:
- a mounting member where the member comprises a tether exhibiting properties of resilience and compliance;
- a first attachment point at a first location on the member for securing the member to the receiver assembly, the first location being a point not coaxial with respect to the receiver tube;
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- a second attachment point at a second location on the member for securing the member to the housing.
A hearing instrument, comprising:
- a housing;
- a receiver assembly;
- a receiver tube connected to the receiver assembly and attached to the housing;
- a receiver mounting assembly affixed to the receiver assembly and the housing, where the housing comprises a cradle and the receiver mounting assembly comprises an axle assembly rotatably held in the cradle.
A receiver for a hearing instrument comprising a housing, where the housing has a receptacle for a receiver tube, comprising:
- a receiver assembly;
- a receiver tube for insertion into the receptacle of the housing;
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- a receiver mounting assembly affixed to the receiver assembly and the housing, where the receiver mounting assembly comprises an axle assembly that rotatably mates with a cradle on the housing.
A receiver mounting assembly for securing a hearing instrument receiver assembly in a hearing instrument housing, comprising:
- a mounting member;
- a first attachment point at a first location on the member for securing the member to the receiver assembly;
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- a second attachment point at a second location on the member for securing the member to the housing, where the second attachment point comprises an axle assembly rotatably held in a cradle on the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.