Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090034749 | Hearing Apparatus with a Moveable Charging Contact - A hearing apparatus includes a charging contact being movable relative to an accumulator and being electrically conductively connected to the accumulator in a first position and less effectively conductively connected thereto in a second position. A spring-elastic element engages with the charging contact in order to push the charging contact into the second position with a predetermined force, so that the charging contact can only be pushed into the first position by overcoming the predetermined force. As a result, the charging contact configuration obtains a switching function, so that electro-corrosion on the charging contacts can be prevented. Therefore, charging an accumulator of a hearing apparatus and in particular of a hearing device using a direct conductive contact is possible, with zero potential of the charging contacts which are accessible from the outside being ensured during normal operation of the hearing apparatus. | 02-05-2009 |
20090074219 | Hearing Aid - A hearing aid has a housing, in which an electrical heating device is disposed in the housing. Because of the electrical heating device, moisture that occurs inside of the housing can be removed from the housing in a simple way, irrespective of whether a watertight hearing aid or an open system is concerned. | 03-19-2009 |
20090116673 | HEARING AID, IN PARTICULAR A BEHIND-THE-EAR HEARING AID, AND A METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A HEARING AID - A hearing aid, in particular a behind-the-ear hearing aid, has a speaker for generating a sound signal, a connecting piece for emitting the sound signal, and a flexible sound tube for transporting the sound signal from the speaker to the connecting piece. The flexible sound tube is flexible at least in a longitudinal center section in a direction orthogonally to longitudinal direction. A method of assembling a hearing aid has the following steps: a longitudinal end of a flexible sound tube is fitted on/in a connecting piece or a speaker of the hearing aid; the flexible sound tube is bent toward the speaker or the connecting piece; and the second longitudinal end of the flexible sound tube is fitted on/in the speaker or on the connecting piece. | 05-07-2009 |
20090129617 | Hearing aid device, in particular IE hearing device - Disclosed is a hearing aid device, in particular an IE hearing device with a battery receiving space and a battery charger, with it being possible to move a battery for the hearing aid device into the battery receiving space by means of the battery charger, and for an immersion depth of the battery into the battery receiving space to be varied as a function of an embodiment of the battery charger. The invention also relates to a hearing aid device set with a hearing aid device and a plurality of differently embodied battery chargers, as well as a method for the production of the hearing aid device. | 05-21-2009 |
20090129618 | Hearing Aid Having an Operating Device - A hearing aid has an operating device with an operating element for activating a first operating function and a second operating function of the hearing aid. The operating device is configured to cause an execution of an operating function of the hearing aid by activating the corresponding operating function via the operating element. The operating device suppresses the execution of the first operating function by activating the first operating function via the operating element if the second operating function is activated via the operating element. | 05-21-2009 |
20090290733 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMIZING A HEARING AID CASING - Systems and methods are provided for customizing a hearing aid casing. A user accesses a software program that allows him or her to select a type of a hearing aid. The software program further allows the user to select a motif to be displayed on at least a portion of the hearing aid casing. The software program may automatically size the selected motif based on the type of the hearing aid selected, and the selected motif may be printed on a film. The film then is coupled to the hearing aid casing to display the motif on one or more surfaces of the hearing aid casing. | 11-26-2009 |
20100019417 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CURING HEARING AID HOUSINGS - A device and a method for curing plastic moldings are particularly suited for curing hearing aid housings. A light source emits curing light and a holder, at least partially transparent to curing light, holds the plastic moldings. The holder has an elongate light guiding element, which is transparent to curing light, which has an emission portion for emitting curing light in a number of spatial directions, and which is formed in such a way that at least the emission portion can protrude into a convex curvature or an interior space of a plastic molding that is being held by the holder. The light guiding element guides curing light emitted from the light source to the emission portion and emits from there. The light guiding element may have a holding portion for holding the plastic molding. The holding portion and the emission portion may spatially overlap. The method includes a step of irradiating the plastic molding with curing light simultaneously on the outside and the inside by the light source and by the light guiding element. Particularly uniform curing without localized temperature peaks is achieved. | 01-28-2010 |
20100260366 | Hearing Aid with a Battery Compartment, and Battery Compartment for a Hearing Aid, each having a Locking Mechanism for the Battery Compartment - A hearing aid has a housing, a battery compartment, and a locking mechanism for the battery compartment. A shaft which is arranged on the housing or the battery compartment, and a slide having a hole which forms a fit with the shaft, such that the slide can be moved on the shaft in order to lock and unlock the battery compartment in the housing. The hole has a circular cross section, and the shaft has a cross section which is not a circle, with rotational symmetry when rotated through 360°/n, where n is an integer greater than 1. A battery compartment for a hearing aid has a locking mechanism such as this. Because a cross section of said shaft is different from the cross section of the hole in the battery compartment, the shaft is connected to the hole in the battery compartment only at a number of points. This ensures that the slide is held adequately on the shaft even in the event of a production tolerance on the one hand, while, on the other hand, the slide can move on the shaft with little resistance. In a preferred embodiment the shaft is trilobular in cross-section. | 10-14-2010 |