Hearing device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10165377-B2
Application number	US-201615271996-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 21, 2016
Priority date	Sep 21, 2015
Publication date	Dec 25, 2018
Grant date	Dec 25, 2018

Abstract

A hearing device is disclosed. The hearing device comprises a chassis and a printed circuit board attached to the chassis. The chassis comprises a number of attachment members configured to restrict the motion of the printed circuit board in one or more directions. The attachment members are integrated parts of the chassis.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hearing aid device having a housing configured to be arranged behind the ear of a user with a tube leading air-borne acoustic signals into the ear canal or with a receiver/loudspeaker arranged close to or into the ear canal, the hearing aid device comprising a chassis arranged in the housing and a printed circuit board attached to the chassis arranged in the housing, wherein the chassis comprises:
a floor structure with a surface on top of which the printed circuit board is laid when attached, such that the floor structure is substantially coplanar with the attached printed circuit board, and a Z-axis of the chassis extends substantially perpendicular to the surfaces of the floor structure and the attached printed circuit board;
a first wall structure extending on one side of the floor structure along an X-axis of the chassis, and a second wall structure extending on the opposite side of the floor structure along the X-axis, the first and second wall structures being substantially perpendicular to the floor structure;
an attachment member of a first type protruding from at least one of the first and second wall structures so as to be positioned above the surface of the attached printed circuit board in such manner that the attached printed circuit board is sandwiched between the attachment member of the first type and the floor structure, thus restricting motion of the attached printed circuit board in a direction of the Z-axis; and
an attachment member of a second type protruding from at least one of the first and second wall structures toward a lateral side of the attached printed circuit board to restrict motion of the attached printed circuit board in a direction of a Y-axis of the chassis,
wherein the attachment members of the first and second types are integrated parts of the first and second wall structures of the chassis.

2. The hearing aid device according to claim 1 , wherein the attachment member of the first type is formed as a snap member configured to make the printed circuit board snap into place between the attachment member of the first type and the floor structure when attached to the chassis.

3. The hearing aid device according to claim 2 , wherein the printed circuit board comprises one or more deformable areas configured to be deformed during attachment of the printed circuit board.

4. The hearing aid device according to claim 1 , wherein the chassis comprises two, three, four or more of the first type of attachment members.

5. The hearing aid device according to claim 1 , wherein the chassis comprises two, three, four or more of the second type of attachment members.

6. The hearing aid device according to claim 1 , wherein the printed circuit board comprises one or more deformable areas configured to be deformed during attachment of the printed circuit board.

7. The hearing aid device according to claim 1 , wherein the attachment member of the first type protrudes from the first wall structure and extends radially inwardly towards the center plane of the chassis and/or wherein the attachment member of the first type protrudes from the second wall structure and extends radially inwardly towards the center plane of the chassis.

8. The hearing aid device according to claim 1 , wherein the attachment member of the second type protrudes from the second wall structure and extends radially inwardly towards the center plane of the chassis and/or wherein the attachment member of the second type protrudes from the first wall structure and extends radially inwardly towards the center plane of the chassis.

9. The hearing aid device according to claim 8 , wherein the first and/or second wall structure together with the floor structure forms part of a cavity wherein the printed circuit board is to be held when attached, and the attachment member of the second type extends along the first and/or second wall structure from the floor structure and beyond the point where the printed circuit board is to be held.

10. The hearing aid device according to claim 9 , wherein a point where the printed circuit board is to be held is defined by the attachment member of the first type.

11. The hearing aid device according to claim 1 , wherein the chassis is dimensioned and shaped to allow the attached printed circuit board to be provided in a distance from the attachment members so that a gap can be provided between the attached printed circuit board and the attachment members.

12. The hearing aid device according to claim 1 , wherein the chassis is a one-piece body or a multi-component body.

Assignees

• Oticon As

Inventors

• Pedersen Troels Holm
• Tipsmark Claus
• Petersen Michael Frank
• Persson Lars
• Lundberg Per
• Spidsbjerg Brian
• Monroy Lars

Classifications

• H05K7/1427

  Housings · CPC title

• H05K7/1405

  by clips or resilient members, e.g. hooks · CPC title

• H04R25/608 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H05K5/0091

  Housing specially adapted for small components (for resistors H01C; for capacitors H01G; for integrated circuits H10W99/00) · CPC title

• H04R25/609 Primary

  of circuitry (of electronic switches or control elements H04R25/603) · CPC title