公开(公告)号：US11190888B2

公开(公告)日：2021-11-30

申请号：US16767082

申请日：2017-11-28

Applicant: SONOVA AG

Inventor： Martyn Beedham ,  Erich Dittli ,  Andre Ochsenbein ,  George Meier ,  Christoph Bosshard ,  Josef Müller ,  Marius Ruefenacht ,  Erdal Karamuk ,  Markus Muller

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A tool for replacing a cerumen filter in a sound conduit of a hearing aid. The tool is designed to position a cerumen filter along the sound conduit and to couple with and remove a cerumen filter that has been positioned along the sound conduit. The tool comprises an insertion tip and an removal tip, both configured to fit inside the sound conduit and to couple or engage with an engagement body extending centrally from the cerumen filter. The tool may be in the form of a stylus with the insertion tip on one and the removing tip on the other end. The tool may also be in the form of a disc dispenser with a plurality of insertion and removal tips attached to the dispenser and accessible for use by rotating plates making up the disc dispenser.

公开(公告)号：US20200382882A1

公开(公告)日：2020-12-03

申请号：US16767088

申请日：2017-11-28

Applicant: SONOVA AG

Inventor： Erich Dittli ,  Christoph Bosshard ,  Marius Ruefenacht ,  Joseph Muller ,  Andre Ochsenbein ,  George Meier ,  Andreas Muller ,  Erdal Karamuk ,  Markus Muller

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A cerumen protection plug for a hearing device. The cerumen protection plug prevents cerumen from passing along a sound conduit in the hearing device and blocking sound output from a receiver in the hearing device. The cerumen protection plug includes a circular plug containing a cerumen barrier. A positioning handle allows the cerumen barrier to be positioned along the sound conduit, where it prevents cerumen that has entered the sound conduit from traveling along the sound conduit to the receiver or an output port of the receiver.

公开(公告)号：US20190394585A1

公开(公告)日：2019-12-26

申请号：US16481152

申请日：2017-01-27

Applicant: Sonova AG

Inventor： Erich Dittli ,  Marius Ruefenacht ,  Martyn Beedham

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  G08B5/36 ,  G08B21/18 ,  F21V7/00 ,  F21V8/00

Abstract: A hearing device including a housing for accommodating a printed circuit board and a plurality of electronic components, wherein the housing is equipped with at least one functional component, and at least one light source. The light source is disposed inside the housing such to emit light via a light guide to the outside, wherein the light guide is included by at least one of the functional devices. The proposed hearing device provides an improved luminosity even in case of being exposed to high brightness.

公开(公告)号：US20180242089A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-23

申请号：US15898262

申请日：2018-02-16

Applicant: Sonova AG

Inventor： Erich Dittli ,  Andreas Mueller ,  Katja Dietrich

IPC: H04R25/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/65 ,  H04R25/552 ,  H04R25/60 ,  H04R2225/77

Abstract: A hearing device with an optical or visual identification for a hearing system, wherein the hearing system comprises a left and a right hearing device, wherein each hearing device comprises a housing and an optical or visual identification, wherein the optical or visual identification comprises a first shield and a second shield (a shield is also referred to as a panel) that is physically coupled to the housing, wherein the second shield forms a part of an outer surface of the hearing device, wherein the second shield is arranged over the first shield and wherein the second shield is at least partially transparent.

公开(公告)号：US09992589B2

公开(公告)日：2018-06-05

申请号：US15128580

申请日：2014-03-24

Applicant: SONOVA AG

Inventor： André L. Ochsenbein ,  Jan Angst ,  Erich Dittli ,  Gabriel Perez ,  Daniel Probst

IPC: H04R25/00

CPC classification number: H04R25/658 ,  H04R25/602 ,  H04R25/604 ,  H04R25/65 ,  H04R2225/025 ,  H04R2225/61

Abstract: An ITE hearing aid having a shell worn at least partially in a user's ear canal, a faceplate closing the shell at a side oriented towards the exterior of the user's ear, and at least one microphone housed in the shell and acoustically connected to ambience via a sound port formed in the faceplate. The faceplate has a cover element covering a cavity of the sound port in a direction normal to a main plane of the faceplate and a lateral sound opening in a wall extending normal to the main plane. The cover element is elevated above a surface region surrounding the cover element, with the sound port wall extending between the cover element and this surface region. The shell is designed, with regard to shape and size, in a manner that the hearing aid is manually removable from the ear canal without the need to use a tool.

公开(公告)号：US20230098589A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-30

申请号：US17942751

申请日：2022-09-12

Applicant: SONOVA AG

Inventor： Erich Dittli ,  Katja Dietrich ,  Jonas Meyer

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H04R1/10 ,  H01R13/639

Abstract: A hearing device plug connector may include a first connector component and a second connector component, wherein the hearing device plug connector includes a latching mechanism for securing the first connector component and the second connector component against unintended disconnection, wherein the latching mechanism includes a catch and a complementary latch component which are in latching engagement when the first connector component and the second connector component are connected, wherein the catch is moveable against a spring force from a latching position into a release position when connecting or disconnecting the first connector component and the second connector component, and wherein in the latching position the catch can engage with the complementary latch component and in the release position the catch can disengage from the complementary latch component. The hearing device plug connector may further include a sealing element for providing a seal between the first and second connector components.

公开(公告)号：US11197110B2

公开(公告)日：2021-12-07

申请号：US16760498

申请日：2017-11-10

Applicant: Sonova AG

Inventor： Hans-Ueli Roeck ,  Erich Dittli

IPC: H04R25/00 ,  H02J50/10 ,  H04R1/10

Abstract: The disclosed technology comprises a non-metallic rechargeable battery casing for a hearing device. For example, the battery casing comprises a polymer or plastic that encapsulates the battery chemistry (e.g., Li-Ion). The battery design has no additional metallic layers or metallic casing; rather, the battery is comprised of non-metallic lid, non-metallic can, and the battery chemistry is inside the non-metallic lid and can.

公开(公告)号：US20200296528A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-17

申请号：US16767082

申请日：2017-11-28

Applicant: SONOVA AG

Inventor： Martyn Beedham ,  Erich Dittli ,  Andre Ochsenbein ,  George Meier ,  Christoph Bosshard ,  Joseph Muller ,  Marius Ruefenacht ,  Erdal Karamuk ,  Markus Muller

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A tool for replacing a cerumen filter in a sound conduit of a hearing aid. The tool is designed to position a cerumen filter along the sound conduit and to couple with and remove a cerumen filter that has been positioned along the sound conduit. The tool comprises an insertion tip and an removal tip, both configured to fit inside the sound conduit and to couple or engage with an engagement body extending centrally from the cerumen filter. The tool may be in the form of a stylus with the insertion tip on one and the removing tip on the other end. The tool may also be in the form of a disc dispenser with a plurality of insertion and removal tips attached to the dispenser and accessible for use by rotating plates making up the disc dispenser.

公开(公告)号：US10149076B2

公开(公告)日：2018-12-04

申请号：US15898262

申请日：2018-02-16

Applicant: Sonova AG

Inventor： Erich Dittli ,  Andreas Mueller ,  Katja Dietrich

IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract: A hearing device with an optical or visual identification for a hearing system, wherein the hearing system comprises a left and a right hearing device, wherein each hearing device comprises a housing and an optical or visual identification, wherein the optical or visual identification comprises a first shield and a second shield (a shield is also referred to as a panel) that is physically coupled to the housing, wherein the second shield forms a part of an outer surface of the hearing device, wherein the second shield is arranged over the first shield and wherein the second shield is at least partially transparent.

公开(公告)号：USD804034S1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-28

申请号：US29561813

申请日：2016-04-20

Applicant: Sonova AG

Designer： Bruno Gabathuler ,  Erich Dittli ,  Richard Niccolai ,  Hans Georg Meier ,  Katja Dietrich