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Hearing instrument with power supply unit, and power supply unit for a hearing instrument

US10321246B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6References

22Claims

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Assignee

Sivantos Pte. Ltd. · SG

Inventors

Uwe Flaig · Feucht, DE
Anand Ganapathy · Singapore, SG
Stefanie Beyfuss · Erlangen, DE
Uwe Rass · Nuremberg, DE
Frank Naumann · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 10, 2017
Grant date	Jun 11, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 10, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04R2225/61
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A hearing instrument has a hearing device rear housing, at least one microphone, a receiver, an earpiece connection or a soundc tube, an earpiece, a power supply unit, and a signal processing unit. The power supply unit includes a rechargeable power supply and an actuating and control device. The hearing instrument further includes a switching device that is configured to assume at least two switching states, and the actuating and control device is configured to actuate a switched-off state of the hearing instrument depending on the switching state of the switching device. There is also described a corresponding power supply unit for a hearing instrument.

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