US 7,946,890 B1Granted

Adapter for an electronic assembly

AssigneeSonion A/S

InventorsMartin Bondo, Gerner Kurt Soelberg Pedersen

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Abstract

An assembly having a first element that provides a signal that is received by a second element. The assembly includes a signal guide/transporter transporting the signal from the first to the second element and including a first and second connector/plug connected to the first and second elements, respectively. The assembly further includes an adapter for transmitting information to the first element and a third and fourth connector/plug. The third connector/plug is coupled to the first connector/plug to receive the signal, and the fourth connector/plug is coupled to the second connector/plug to transmit the signal received by the third connector/plug to the second connector/plug. The third and first connectors/plugs are adapted to forward the information transmitted by the adapter to the first element.

Claims8

Dependent claims

An assembly comprising:

a first and a second element, the first element comprising means for providing a signal, and the second element comprises means for receiving the signal,
a signal guide/transporter adapted to transport the signal from the first element to the second element, the signal guide/transporter comprising a first and a second connector/plug each having first means for transporting the signal from the first connector/plug to the second connector/plug, the first and second connectors/plugs being adapted to disengageably engage so as to be able to transmit the signal, the first connector/plug being connected to the first element and the second connector/plug being connected to the second element,
an adapter for transmitting information to the signal providing means, the adapter comprising a third and fourth connector/plug, the third connector/plug being adapted to disengageably engage the first connector/plug so as to receive the signal, the fourth connector/plug being adapted to disengageably engage the second connector/plug so as to transmit the signal received by the third connector/plug to the second connector/plug, the third and first connectors/plugs additionally being adapted to forward the information to the signal providing means,
wherein the first and third connectors/plugs comprise additional conductors relative to the second and fourth connectors/plugs, the conductors being adapted to transport the information from the adapter to the signal providing means.

1 more element

An assembly comprising a first element comprising a signal generator detachably connectable to a second element comprising a signal receiver, wherein

the first element comprises a first connector member comprising a number of first signal guiding elements positioned in predetermined positions and being connected to the signal generator,
the second element comprises a second connector member having a number of second signal guiding elements being connected to the signal receiver and being adapted to detachably attach to the first connector member so that at least part of the first signal guiding elements engage at least part of the second signal guiding elements,
the assembly further comprising an adapter having:
a third connector member having a number of third signal guiding elements and being adapted to detachably attach to the first connector member so that at least part of the first signal guiding elements engage at least part of the third signal guiding elements,
a fourth connector member, having a number of fourth signal guiding elements and being adapted to detachably attach to the second connector member so that at least part of the fourth signal guiding elements engage at least part of the second signal guiding elements,
one or more fifth signal guiding elements adapted to guide a signal from the at least part of the third signal guiding elements to the at least part of the fourth signal guiding elements,
a communication input/output adapted to receive and/or output a communication signal, and
communication guiding elements adapted to guide the communication signal between the input/output and one or more of the third signal guiding elements,
wherein one or more of the first signal guiding elements are adapted to guide the communication signal to the signal generator, and wherein the number of first signal guiding elements is larger than the number of second signal guiding elements.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 12/708,641Filed 19 Feb 2010 · us provisional application
Priority: 2 Feb 2010
Granted: 24 May 2011
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

H04R 25/556
Using an external connection, either wireless or wired: external connectors, e.g. plugs or modules
H01R 31/065
Intermediate parts for linking two coupling parts, e.g. adapter: with built-in electric apparatus
H04R 25/607
Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles: of earhooks
H01R 13/6275
Snap or like fastening: latching arms not integral with the housing