Multiple receiver assembly and a method for assembly thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9357287-B2
Application number	US-201214130450-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 29, 2012
Priority date	Jul 7, 2011
Publication date	May 31, 2016
Grant date	May 31, 2016

Abstract

A receiver assembly comprising a first and a second receiver housing and a spout. The second receiver housing is positioned over a first sound outlet port of the first receiver housing and the spout is positioned over a second outlet port of the second receiver housing. An acoustic duct is located between the first and second receiver housing acoustically connecting the first sound outlet port to the spout and is provided with an acoustic mass.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A receiver assembly, comprising:
a first receiver housing comprising a first sound outlet port;
a second receiver housing comprising a second sound outlet port;
a spout;
wherein the second receiver housing is positioned over the first sound outlet port;
further comprising an acoustic duct located between the first and second receiver housing acoustically connecting the first sound outlet port to the spout; and
an acoustic mass positioned in an end portion of the acoustic duct close to the spout.

2. A receiver assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the acoustic mass comprises a tube.

3. A receiver assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the acoustic mass has an outer diameter corresponding to the inner diameter of the end portion of the acoustic duct.

4. A receiver assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the acoustic mass in cross-section has an inner contour of circular shape.

5. A receiver assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the acoustic mass has an inner diameter between 0.1 and 0.7 mm.

6. A receiver assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the acoustic duct comprises a chamber and a passage, wherein the passage runs from the chamber towards the spout.

7. A receiver assembly according to claim 6 , wherein the acoustic duct further comprises a recess at an end of the passage running towards the spout.

8. A receiver assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the acoustic duct is located in the outer surface of the first receiver housing, the second receiver housing or both receiver housings.

9. A receiver assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the acoustic duct is provided as a plate with a cut-out portion.

10. A receiver assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first sound outlet port is a circular shaped hole in the first receiver housing.

11. A receiver assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the second outlet port is acoustically connected directly to the spout.

12. A receiver assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first receiver housing comprises a woofer transducer assembly; and
wherein the second receiver housing comprises a mid-range transducer assembly or a tweeter transducer assembly.

13. A receiver assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the second outlet port is acoustically connected to the acoustic duct.

14. A receiver assembly according to claim 13 , wherein the first and second receiver housing each comprise a woofer transducer assembly.

15. A receiver assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the acoustic mass has an extended form separate from the first and second receiver housings, the extended form having dimensions for tuning a corner frequency.

16. A method for assembling a receiver assembly, comprising:
providing a first receiver housing comprising a first sound outlet port, a second receiver housing comprising a second sound outlet port and providing an acoustic duct;
positioning the second receiver housing over the sound outlet port of the first receiver housing;
positioning the acoustic duct between the first and second receiver housing such that it is located over the first sound outlet port of the first receiver housing and acoustically connected with the first sound outlet port and that an end portion of the acoustic duct is located near the second sound outlet port;
positioning an acoustic mass in the end portion of the acoustic duct; and
placing a spout over the second sound outlet port and the end portion of the acoustic duct.

17. A method for assembling a receiver assembly according to claim 16 , further comprising providing the acoustic duct as a spacer member; and
prior to positioning the acoustic duct between the first and second receiver housing, mounting the acoustic duct to the second receiver housing such that the end portion of the acoustic duct is located near the second sound outlet port of the second receiver housing.

18. A method for assembling a receiver assembly according to claim 16 , further comprising: applying glue to fixate the acoustic mass.

Assignees

• Geschiere Onno
• Geskus Mike
• Sonion Nederland Bv

Inventors

• Geschiere Onno
• Geskus Mike

Classifications

• H04R1/1016

  Earpieces of the intra-aural type · CPC title

• H04R1/225

  for telephonic receivers · CPC title

• H04R31/00

  Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of transducers or diaphragms therefor {(manufacture of microstructural arrangements of deformable or non-deformable structures in general B81C1/00182)} · CPC title

• H04R1/1058 Primary

  Manufacture or assembly · CPC title

• H04R25/60

  Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles (ear wax retarders, e.g. mounting thereof H04R25/654) · CPC title