Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Acoustic output device with antenna
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Application No.: US15455081Application Date: 2017-03-09
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Publication No.: US09936312B2Publication Date: 2018-04-03
- Inventor: Werner Meskens , Tadeusz Jurkiewicz , Steve Winnall , Limin Zhong
- Applicant: GN HEARING A/S
- Applicant Address: DK Ballerup
- Assignee: GN HEARING A/S
- Current Assignee: GN HEARING A/S
- Current Assignee Address: DK Ballerup
- Agency: Vista IP Law Group, LLP
- Main IPC: H04R25/00
- IPC: H04R25/00

Abstract:
A hearing aid includes: a hearing aid component configured to be arranged at a head of a user, and away from an ear canal of the user, the hearing aid component configured to provide a signal to an earpiece; the earpiece configured to be arranged at the ear of the user, and configured to provide an acoustic output to the user; and a coupling element configured for coupling the hearing aid component and the earpiece, the coupling element having a tube and an electrically conducting element; wherein the electrically conducting element in the coupling element of the hearing aid is configured to operate as a part of an antenna for wireless communication, and wherein the electrically conducting element is configured for electromagnetic signal emission and/or electromagnetic signal reception.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170180885A1 ACOUSTIC OUTPUT DEVICE WITH ANTENNA Public/Granted day:2017-06-22
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