EP0682461A2 - Hearing aid - Google Patents

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EP0682461A2
EP0682461A2 EP95106437A EP95106437A EP0682461A2 EP 0682461 A2 EP0682461 A2 EP 0682461A2 EP 95106437 A EP95106437 A EP 95106437A EP 95106437 A EP95106437 A EP 95106437A EP 0682461 A2 EP0682461 A2 EP 0682461A2
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Grégoire Iten
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Jürg Clavadetscher
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    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
    • H04R25/55—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception using an external connection, either wireless or wired
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  • the present invention relates to a hearing aid with a cover plate provided on the housing, the latter having an opening and an axis arranged therein, on which a swiveling part fitting into the opening is provided with an electrical input plug and contact pieces for connection to mating contacts leading to the device electronics .
  • Such hearing aids are e.g. from the Swiss patent No ... (application No. 2 687/93 dated September 8, 1993) of the applicant.
  • the swing-out part is preferably designed as an adapter with an input plug for a programming or audio cable, optionally as a battery compartment cover with a battery arranged therein, and is interchangeably mounted on the axle.
  • the programming of the hearing aid is facilitated, in particular, with optimum effort and a trouble-free design.
  • the cover plate 1 shown in FIG. 1 is provided on the housing (not shown) of a hearing aid.
  • An opening 2 is provided in the cover plate 1 (called a faceplate), into which a part fitting into the opening (see e.g. FIG. 4) can be inserted.
  • This part can be placed on an axis 3 arranged in the opening 2 and can be pivoted out about the axis 3 (in the manner of a swing-out cover).
  • the swing-out part can be designed, for example, as an adapter with an input plug for a programming or audio cable (for example a telephone connection) or as a battery compartment cover with the battery held therein.
  • the part pivotally held on axis 3 is detachable from axis 3, i.e. removable or exchangeable for another part.
  • contact pieces 4,5 are provided on the lateral boundary surfaces of the opening, which are connected to the device electronics (not shown).
  • the pivotable part which can be inserted into the opening 2 is provided with an electrical input plug and with contact pieces, the latter being intended to come into active connection with the contact pieces 4, 5 in order to establish a connection between a part which can be swung out via the plug To create part of the connected external component (e.g. programming devices) and the device electronics.
  • the core idea of the present invention is to make the axis 3 electrically conductive (metallic) for the swing-out part because of the limited space available in miniaturized devices of this type and to use it as one of the electrical connecting pieces.
  • the metallic axis 3 is connected on the one hand to the device electronics and, on the other hand, it forms a mating contact for a contact piece on the part that can be swung out into the opening 2.
  • the construction is particularly suitable for programming hearing aids by using a so-called Programming adapter with input plug is inserted into opening 2 of cover plate 1.
  • FIG. 4 shows a programming adapter 6 which can be inserted into the opening 2 and has an input plug 7 and contact pieces 8, 9.
  • the contact piece 9 is inserted into the groove 10, via which the adapter can be placed on the electrically conductive axis 3.

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Abstract

The hearing aid has a housing with a faceplate (1) incorporating an opening (2) containing an axis (3), which couples a pivoted adapter element, fitted in the opening, with an electrical input plug and contacts, with electronic circuit counter-contacts. The axis is made of an electrically conductive material, for acting as one of the counter-contacts for the electronic circuit. Pref. the adapter element is used for coupling the hearing aid to a programming device, or an audio cable. <IMAGE>

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Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft ein Hörgerät mit am Gehäuse vorgesehener Abdeckplatte, wobei in letzterer eine Oeffnung und eine darin angeordnete Achse vorgesehen ist, an welcher ein in die Oeffnung passendes ausschwenkbares Teil mit einem elektrischen Eingangsstecker und Kontaktstücken für die Verbindung mit zur Geräteelektronik führenden Gegenkontakten vorgesehen ist.The present invention relates to a hearing aid with a cover plate provided on the housing, the latter having an opening and an axis arranged therein, on which a swiveling part fitting into the opening is provided with an electrical input plug and contact pieces for connection to mating contacts leading to the device electronics .

Derartige Hörgeräte sind z.B. aus dem Schweizerpatent No... (Anmeldung No. 2 687/93 vom 8.9.1993) der Anmelderin bekannt.Such hearing aids are e.g. from the Swiss patent No ... (application No. 2 687/93 dated September 8, 1993) of the applicant.

Um beim heutigen Miniaturisierungsstand noch weniger Platz in Anspruch zu nehmen, hat sich die Aufgabe gestellt, die Konstruktion noch weiter zu optimieren, ohne dabei grösseren konstruktiven Aufwand in Kauf nehmen zu müssen.In order to take up even less space at today's level of miniaturization, the task has been to optimize the construction even further without having to put up with a great deal of design effort.

Diese Aufgabe wurde bei einem Gerät der eingangs definierten Art auf überraschend einfache Weise durch eine Konstruktion gemäss dem kennzeichnenden Teil von Anspruch 1 gelöst.This object was achieved in a device of the type defined at the outset in a surprisingly simple manner by a construction according to the characterizing part of claim 1.

Das ausschwenkbare Teil ist vorzugsweise als Adapter mit Eingangsstecker für ein Programmier- oder Audiokabel, gegebenenfalls als Batteriefachdeckel mit darin angeordneter Batterie ausgebildet und ist auswechselbar auf der Achse montiert.The swing-out part is preferably designed as an adapter with an input plug for a programming or audio cable, optionally as a battery compartment cover with a battery arranged therein, and is interchangeably mounted on the axle.

Dank der erfindungsgemässen Konstruktion wird bei optimalem Aufwand und störungsfreier Bauart insbesondere die Programmierung des Hörgerätes erleichtert.Thanks to the construction according to the invention, the programming of the hearing aid is facilitated, in particular, with optimum effort and a trouble-free design.

Die Erfindung wird nachstehend anhand eines in der Zeichnung dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiels noch etwas näher erläutert. Es zeigt:

Fig. 1
rein schematisch eine Draufsicht auf eine an einem Hörgerätegehäuse angebrachte Abdeckplatte (Faceplate) in stark vergrössertem Massstab;
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einen Schnitt, ebenfalls rein schematisch, entlang der Linie A-A von Fig. 1;
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einen Schnitt entlang der Linie B-B von Fig. 1, und
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ein als Prgogrammieradapter ausgebildetes, in die Oeffnung der Abdeckplatte einsetzbares Teil.
The invention is explained in more detail below with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawing. It shows:
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purely schematically, a plan view of a cover plate attached to a hearing device housing (faceplate) on a greatly enlarged scale;
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a section, also purely schematic, along the line AA of Fig. 1;
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a section along the line BB of Fig. 1, and
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a part designed as a programming adapter that can be inserted into the opening of the cover plate.

Die in Fig. 1 gezeigte Abdeckplatte 1 ist am Gehäuse (nicht dargestellt) eines Hörgerätes vorgesehen. In der Abdeckplatte 1 (Faceplate genannt) ist eine Oeffnung 2 vorgesehen, in welche ein in die Oeffnung passendes Teil (siehe z.B. Fig. 4) einsetzbar ist. Dieses Teil ist auf eine in der Oeffnung 2 angeordnete Achse 3 aufsetzbar und kann um die Achse 3 ausgeschwenkt werden (in der Art eines ausschwenkbaren Deckels).The cover plate 1 shown in FIG. 1 is provided on the housing (not shown) of a hearing aid. An opening 2 is provided in the cover plate 1 (called a faceplate), into which a part fitting into the opening (see e.g. FIG. 4) can be inserted. This part can be placed on an axis 3 arranged in the opening 2 and can be pivoted out about the axis 3 (in the manner of a swing-out cover).

Das ausschwenkbare Teil kann z.B. als Adapter mit einem Eingangsstecker für ein Programmier- oder Audiokabel (z.B. Telephonanschluss) oder als Batteriefachdeckel mit darin gehaltener Batterie ausgebildet sein.The swing-out part can be designed, for example, as an adapter with an input plug for a programming or audio cable (for example a telephone connection) or as a battery compartment cover with the battery held therein.

Das auf der Achse 3 schwenkbar gehaltene Teil ist von der Achse 3 lösbar, d.h. abnehmbar bzw. gegen ein anderes Teil austauschbar montiert.The part pivotally held on axis 3 is detachable from axis 3, i.e. removable or exchangeable for another part.

In der Abdeckplatte 1 sind an den seitlichen Begrenzungsflächen der Oeffnung 2 Kontaktstücke 4,5 vorgesehen, welche mit der Geräteelektronik (nicht dargestellt) in Verbindung stehen. Andererseits ist das in die Oeffnung 2 einsetzbare ausschwenkbare Teil mit einem elektrischen Eingangsstecker und mit Kontaktstücken vorgesehen, wobei letztere dazu vorgesehen sind, in Wirklage mit den Kontaktstücken 4,5 in elektrische Verbindung zu gelangen, um so eine Verbindung zwischen einer über den Stecker im ausschwenkbaren Teil angeschlossenen externen Komponente (z.B Programmiergeräte) und der Geräteelektronik zu schaffen.In the cover plate 1 2 contact pieces 4,5 are provided on the lateral boundary surfaces of the opening, which are connected to the device electronics (not shown). On the other hand, the pivotable part which can be inserted into the opening 2 is provided with an electrical input plug and with contact pieces, the latter being intended to come into active connection with the contact pieces 4, 5 in order to establish a connection between a part which can be swung out via the plug To create part of the connected external component (e.g. programming devices) and the device electronics.

Derartige Konstruktionen sind an sich bereits entwickelt worden und insbesondere im Schweizer Patent Nr. ..... (Anmeldung Nr. 2 687/93 vom 8.9.1993) der Anmelderin beschrieben.Such constructions have already been developed per se and are described in particular in the applicant's Swiss Patent No. ..... (Application No. 2 687/93 of September 8, 1993).

Die Kernidee der vorliegenden Erfindung besteht nun darin, dies wegen der beschränkten Platzverhältnisse in derart miniaturisierten Geräten, die Achse 3 für das ausschwenkbare Teil elektrisch leitend (metallisch) auszubilden und als eines der elektrischen Verbindungstücke zu benutzen. Zu diesem Zweck ist die metallische Achse 3 einerseits mit der Geräteelektronik verbunden und andererseits bildet sie einen Gegenkontakt für ein Kontaktstück am in die Oeffnung 2 eingesetzten ausschwenkbaren Teil.The core idea of the present invention is to make the axis 3 electrically conductive (metallic) for the swing-out part because of the limited space available in miniaturized devices of this type and to use it as one of the electrical connecting pieces. For this purpose, the metallic axis 3 is connected on the one hand to the device electronics and, on the other hand, it forms a mating contact for a contact piece on the part that can be swung out into the opening 2.

Die Konstruktion eignet sich besonders gut für das Programmieren von Hörgeräten, indem ein sogenannter Programmieradapter mit Eingangsstecker in die Oeffnung 2 der Abdeckplatte 1 eingesetzt wird.The construction is particularly suitable for programming hearing aids by using a so-called Programming adapter with input plug is inserted into opening 2 of cover plate 1.

Fig. 4 zeigt einen in die Oeffnung 2 einsetzbaren Programmieradapter 6 mit Eingangsstecker 7 und Kontaktstücken 8,9. Das Kontaktstück 9 ist in die Rille 10 eingesetzt, über welche der Adapter auf die elektrisch leitende Achse 3 aufsetzbar ist.4 shows a programming adapter 6 which can be inserted into the opening 2 and has an input plug 7 and contact pieces 8, 9. The contact piece 9 is inserted into the groove 10, via which the adapter can be placed on the electrically conductive axis 3.

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Hörgerät mit am Gehäuse vorgesehener Abdeckplatte (1), wobei in letzterer eine Oeffnung (2) und eine darin angeordnete Achse (3) vorgesehen ist, an welcher ein in die Oeffnung (2) passendes ausschwenkbares Teil mit einem elektrischen Eingangsstecker und Kontaktstücken für die Verbindung mit zur Geräteelektronik führenden Gegenkontakten vorgesehen ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die genannte Achse (3) aus elektrisch leitendem Material besteht und einerseits mit der Geräteelektronik verbunden ist, andererseits einen der Gegenkontakte bildet.Hearing aid with a cover plate (1) provided on the housing, the latter having an opening (2) and an axis (3) arranged therein, on which a pivotable part with an electrical input plug and contact pieces for the connection fits into the opening (2) is provided with mating contacts leading to the device electronics, characterized in that said axis (3) consists of electrically conductive material and is on the one hand connected to the device electronics and on the other hand forms one of the mating contacts. Hörgerät nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das ausschwenkbare Teil als Adapter mit Eingangsstecker für ein Programmier- oder Audiokabel ausgebildet ist.Hearing aid according to claim 1, characterized in that the pivotable part is designed as an adapter with an input plug for a programming or audio cable. Hörgerät nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das ausschwenkbare Teil als Batteriefachdeckel mit darin gehaltener Batterie ausgebildet ist.Hearing aid according to claim 1, characterized in that the pivotable part is designed as a battery compartment cover with the battery held therein. Hörgerät nach einem der Ansprüche 1-3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das ausschwenkbare Teil abnehmbar bzw. austauschbar auf der Achse montiert ist.Hearing aid according to one of claims 1-3, characterized in that the pivotable part is removably or interchangeably mounted on the axis.
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