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System for picking-up a user's voice

US8483418B2 · kind B2 · utility

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5References

24Claims

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Assignee

Phonak AG · CH

Inventors

Rainer Platz · Neuchâtel, CH
Wolfgang Huep · Oberkochen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 9, 2008
Grant date	Jul 9, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 12, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04R2420/07
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system for picking-up a user's voice, having an earpiece (10) that has a shell (12) and is to be worn at least partly in the user's ear canal (18), an elongate C-shaped bow-like retention element (14) attached to the shell for retaining the shell within the user's ear (18, 66, 68) and an ear microphone (16) oriented acoustically inwardly towards the user's ear canal for picking-up the user's voice. The material and the dimensions of the retention element are selected such that the retention element can be brought into engagement with the user's concha (68) by manual plastic deformation by the user.

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