Electronic frame for maintaining electronic components of a hearing aid, hearing aid and kit for a hearing aid

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10595140-B2
Application number	US-201816214854-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 10, 2018
Priority date	Jun 10, 2016
Publication date	Mar 17, 2020
Grant date	Mar 17, 2020

Abstract

An electronics frame for a hearing device serves to hold electronic components and has a contact carrier. The carrier in turn has a first line connector, a second line connector, and a third line connector. The three line connectors serve to electrically contact at least one of the electronic components with a first connection contact, a second connection contact which is at a potential that is different from the first connection contact, and with a third connection contact of a storage battery module which has a rechargeable battery. The contact carrier moreover has a first insertion slot for receiving a first contact arm which serves to electrically contact a contact of a two-pole battery. A kit for the hearing device contains, in addition to the hearing device with the electronics frame, the storage battery module and at least the first contact arm for subsequent mounting on the contact carrier.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronics frame for holding electronic components of a hearing device, the electronics frame comprising:
a contact carrier containing three line connectors including a first line connector, a second line connector, and a third line connector, said three line connectors being configured for electrically contacting at least one of the electronic components with a first connection contact, a second connection contact which is at a potential that is different from the first connection contact, and with a third connection contact of a storage battery module having a rechargeable battery, said contact carrier having contact springs, said three line connectors connected in each case to an end of one of said contact springs for contacting the connection contacts of the storage battery module, said contact springs formed on a surface of said contact carrier and disposed with contact ends in a common plane; and
a first contact arm for electrically contacting a contact of a two-pole battery, said first contact arm being part of said contact carrier and integrally formed with a first of said contact springs associated with said first line connector of said contact carrier.

2. The electronics frame according to claim 1 , further comprising a second contact arm which is formed as part of said contact carrier and integrally with a second one of said contact springs associated with said second line connector.

3. The electronics frame according to claim 2 , wherein at least one of said first contact arm or said second contact arm projects with an associated contact end above the common plane of said contact ends of said contact springs.

4. The electronics frame according to claim 2 , wherein at least one of said first contact arm or said second contact arm protrude from a side face of said contact carrier, which differs from said surface which contains said contact springs of said contact carrier.

5. A hearing device, comprising:
the electronics frame for holding the electronic components according to claim 1 .

6. The hearing device according to claim 5 , further comprising:
a battery compartment door, articulated pivotably on said electronics frame or on a housing of the hearing device, for holding the two-pole battery; or
the storage battery module.

7. The hearing device according to claim 6 , wherein said battery compartment door has an opening formed therein and, through which, in a contacting state, said first contact arm is in contact with a corresponding contact of the two-pole battery.

8. A kit for a hearing device having an electronics frame for holding electronic components of the hearing device, the electronics frame containing:
a contact carrier containing three line connectors including a first line connector, a second line connector, and a third line connector, the three line connectors being configured for electrically contacting at least one of the electronic components with a first connection contact, a second connection contact which is at a potential that is different from the first connection contact, and with a third connection contact of a storage battery module having a rechargeable battery, the contact carrier having contact springs, the three line connectors connected in each case to an end of one of the contact springs for contacting the connection contacts of the storage battery module, the contact springs formed on a surface of the contact carrier and disposed with contact ends in a common plane; and
a first contact arm for electrically contacting a contact of a two-pole battery, the first contact arm being part of the contact carrier and integrally formed with a first of the contact springs associated with the first line connector of the contact carrier;
the kit comprising:
the storage battery module; and
a battery compartment door articulated pivotably on the electronics frame or on a housing of the hearing device for holding the two-pole battery.

9. An electronics frame for holding electronic components of a hearing device, the electronics frame comprising:
a contact carrier having three line connectors including a first line connector, a second line connector, and a third line connector, said three line connectors being configured for electrically contacting at least one of the electronic components with a first connection contact, a second connection contact which is at a potential that is different from the first connection contact, and with a third connection contact of a storage battery module having a rechargeable battery, said contact carrier having a first insertion slot formed therein for receiving a first contact arm which serves for electrically contacting a contact of a two-pole battery.

10. The electronics frame according to claim 9 , wherein said first line connector for contacting the first contact arm extends into said first insertion slot.

11. The electronics frame according to claim 9 , wherein:
said three line connectors are connected in each case to an end of one of said contact springs for contacting the connection contacts of the storage battery module;
said contact springs have contact ends; and
said contact springs are formed on a surface of said contact carrier and are disposed with said contact ends in a common plane.

12. The electronics frame according to claim 11 , wherein in a mounting state, the first contact arm projects with an associated contact end above the common plane of said contact ends of said contact springs.

13. The electronics frame according to claim 9 , wherein said contact carrier has a second insertion slot formed therein for receiving a second contact arm, and wherein, in a mounting state, the first contact arm is connected to said first line connector, and the second contact arm to said second line connector which is associated with a different potential from said first line connector.

14. A hearing device, comprising:
the electronics frame according claim 9 ; and
said first contact arm.

15. A kit for a hearing device having an electronics frame for holding electronic components of the hearing device, the electronics frame containing:
a contact carrier containing three line connectors including a first line connector, a second line connector, and a third line connector, the three line connectors being configured for electrically contacting at least one of the electronic components with a first connection contact, a second connection contact which is at a potential that is different from the first connection contact, and with a third connection contact of a storage battery module having a rechargeable battery, the contact carrier having contact springs, the three line connectors connected in each case to an end of one of the contact springs for contacting the connection contacts of the storage battery module, the contact springs formed on a surface of the contact carrier and disposed with contact ends in a common plane; and
a first contact arm for electrically contacting a contact of a two-pole battery, the first contact arm being part of the contact carrier and integrally formed with a first of the contact springs associated with the first line connector of the contact carrier;

the kit comprising:
said storage battery module for mounting on the electronics frame or a housing of the hearing device;
said first contact arm for mounting on the contact carrier; and
a battery compartment door, being articulated pivotably on the electronics frame or a housing of the hearing device, for holding the two-pole battery.

16. The kit according to claim 15 , wherein said battery compartment

Assignees

• Sivantos Pte Ltd

Inventors

• Beyfuss Stefanie
• Freels Bjoern
• Ganapathy Anand
• Kral Holger

Classifications

• H04R2225/31

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

• H04R25/602 Primary

  of batteries · CPC title

• H04R2420/09

  Applications of special connectors, e.g. USB, XLR, in loudspeakers, microphones or headphones · CPC title

• H04R25/65

  Housing parts, e.g. shells, tips or moulds, or their manufacture · CPC title