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Hybrid hearing instrument connector

US9654886B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Sivantos Pte. Ltd. · SG

Inventors

Joachim Roland Barth · Nuremberg, DE
Holger Kral · Erlangen, DE
Joseph Sauer · Strullendorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 27, 2013
Grant date	May 16, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 3, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04R25/75
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A connector-based link is suited to various signals and media for connecting a tube with a hearing instrument, which ensures a reliable mechanical hold, good connection and high tightness and in the process is easy to handle. This is achieved by a connector for a hearing instrument system including a housing which contains a number of connections, and a tube which contains a number of lines, which is embodied to detachably connect a number of lines of the tube to a number of connections of the housing, wherein the connections of the connector contain different spatial orientations. The fact that the connections each have a different spatial orientation brings about a mutual decoupling. As a result, the demands on dimensional stability of the various connections are advantageously reduced since the different connections are not closed in a shared, identical end position.

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