Hearing aid device having wireless communication

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10575107-B2
Application number	US-201815892662-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 9, 2018
Priority date	Feb 9, 2017
Publication date	Feb 25, 2020
Grant date	Feb 25, 2020

Abstract

A hearing aid device having a telecoil and a power consuming element is disclosed. The hearing aid device further comprises an at least partial loop in the power supply line, which at least partial loop provides a magnetic signal that at least attenuates or cancels noise induced from the power draw of the power consuming component.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A hearing aid device comprising:
a housing configured to be positioned in, on or at an ear of a user, the housing extending in a longitudinal direction,
a power source arranged in the housing, a power connector configured to establish electrical contact with the power source, the power connector extending along a first power connector axis,
a first power consuming component arranged on a first substrate, the first substrate arranged in the housing, the first power consuming component powered by said power source via said power connector,
a telecoil arranged in the housing at a distance from said first power consuming component, the telecoil being configured to receive inductive communication radiation, and
a conductive supply line extending between the power connector and the first power consuming component, a part of the conductive supply line being formed on a second substrate,
wherein the part of the conductive supply line has a geometry as at least part of a loop, and
wherein the part of the conductive supply line is configured to emit a second magnetic field in response to the first power consuming component drawing power from the power source, so that a magnetic field originating from the power connector, due to the power draw, is at least reduced at the telecoil by the second magnetic field.

2. The hearing aid device according to claim 1 , wherein the first power consuming component comprises a communication system, and the communication system is connected to an antenna for transmitting and/or receiving electromagnetic radiation at a first frequency.

3. The hearing aid device according to claim 1 , wherein the hearing aid further comprises a speaker arranged in the housing, the speaker being a power consuming component.

4. The hearing aid device according to claim 1 , wherein the power connector is orientated in the housing so that the first power connector axis extends in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the housing.

5. The hearing aid device according to claim 1 , wherein a first communication system is included in an integrated circuit, and a second part of the conductive supply line is shaped similar to the outline of the integrated circuit component.

6. The hearing aid device according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive supply line spans over a multitude of connected substrates.

7. The hearing aid device according to claim 1 , wherein the telecoil is arranged in the housing so that the longitudinal axis of the telecoil is substantially parallel to the first or second substrate or substantially parallel to the first and the second substrates.

8. The hearing aid device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least partial loop is arranged at the periphery of the first power consuming component, in or on the substrate carrying the first power consuming component.

9. The hearing aid device according to claim 1 , wherein the power source is a cylindrically shaped battery, and wherein the center axis of the battery is orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the housing.

10. The hearing aid device according to claim 1 , further comprising a second power connector configured to establish electrical contact with the power source, wherein the power connector and the second power connector are arranged so that they contact different sides of the power source.

11. The hearing aid device according to claim 10 , wherein the second power connector extends along a second power connector axis that is perpendicular to the power connector axis.

12. The hearing aid device according to claim 1 , wherein a second part of the conductive supply line is raised compared to the first substrate, and configured to emit a third magnetic field.

13. The hearing aid device according to claim 12 , wherein the raised part of the conductive supply line is configured so that the at least partial loop surrounds at least part of the first power consuming component.

14. The hearing aid device according to claim 12 , wherein the raised part of the conductive supply line is constituted by a wire, a thread, or a flexible material including a conductor.

15. The hearing aid device according to claim 1 , wherein a coil in the hearing aid is configured for providing a power signal to recharge the battery.

Assignees

• Oticon As

Inventors

• Sø Rune
• Thougaard Morten
• Schaub Stefan

Classifications

• H04R2225/49

  Reducing the effects of electromagnetic noise on the functioning of hearing aids, by, e.g. shielding, signal processing adaptation, selective (de)activation of electronic parts in hearing aid · CPC title

• H04R2225/51

  Aspects of antennas or their circuitry in or for hearing aids · CPC title

• H04R25/602

  of batteries · CPC title

• H04R2225/31

  Aspects of the use of accumulators in hearing aids, e.g. rechargeable batteries or fuel cells · CPC title

• H02J50/10

  using inductive coupling · CPC title