Patent · US Active

Hearing device with a damping element

US7783068B2 · kind B2 · utility

7Cited by

7References

14Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH · DE

Inventors

Harald Klemenz · Singapore, SG
Uwe Rass · Nuremberg, DE
Gerhard Röhrlein · Annaberg-Buchholz, DE
Joseph Sauer · Strullendorf, DE
Markus Trautner · Neuendettelsau, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 4, 2006
Grant date	Aug 24, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 24, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04R2225/0216
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A hearing device has an ear fitting piece, a housing part wearable behind the ear, and an earpiece tube connecting the ear fitting piece and the housing part. The transmission of mechanical vibrations between the ear fitting piece and the housing part via the earpiece tube is prevented by damping elements located in the region of the connection points between the ear fitting piece and the earpiece tube, or between the earpiece tube and the housing part. The damping elements damp mechanical vibrations in the transition region. A damping element that prevents the transmission of mechanical vibrations can also be present on or in the earpiece tube. The feedback tendency in the appertaining hearing device is thereby reduced.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.