EP1973376B1 - Dispositif d'écoute doté d'un module de réglage du volume sonore amovible - Google Patents

Dispositif d'écoute doté d'un module de réglage du volume sonore amovible Download PDF

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EP1973376B1
EP1973376B1 EP08102260A EP08102260A EP1973376B1 EP 1973376 B1 EP1973376 B1 EP 1973376B1 EP 08102260 A EP08102260 A EP 08102260A EP 08102260 A EP08102260 A EP 08102260A EP 1973376 B1 EP1973376 B1 EP 1973376B1
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Beng Hai Tan
Wai Kit David Ho
Wee Haw Koo
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Electric hearing aids
    • H04R25/65—Housing parts, e.g. shells, tips or moulds, or their manufacture
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Electric hearing aids
    • H04R25/60—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles
    • H04R25/603—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of mechanical or electronic switches or control elements
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R25/00—Electric hearing aids
    • H04R25/60—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles
    • H04R25/609—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of circuitry
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R1/00—Details of transducers, loudspeakers or microphones
    • H04R1/10—Earpieces; Attachments therefor ; Earphones; Monophonic headphones
    • H04R1/1041—Mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
    • H04R2225/00—Details of deaf aids covered by H04R25/00, not provided for in any of its subgroups
    • H04R2225/61—Aspects relating to mechanical or electronic switches or control elements, e.g. functioning

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  • the present invention relates to a hearing aid having a housing having at least one GeHouseaussparung, and a volume control module including a printed circuit board and a volume control, which is mounted on the circuit board, wherein the volume control module is removably inserted into the housing.
  • a hearing device is here in particular a wearable device on the ear, z.
  • a hearing aid a headset, headphones and the like understood.
  • Hearing aids are portable hearing aids that are used to care for the hearing impaired.
  • different types of hearing aids such as behind-the-ear hearing aids (BTE) and in-the-ear hearing aids (ITO), e.g. also Concha hearing aids or canal hearing aids (CIC), provided.
  • BTE behind-the-ear hearing aids
  • ITO in-the-ear hearing aids
  • CIC canal hearing aids
  • the hearing aids listed by way of example are worn on the outer ear or in the ear canal.
  • bone conduction hearing aids, implantable or vibrotactile hearing aids are also available on the market. The stimulation of the damaged hearing takes place either mechanically or electrically.
  • Hearing aids have in principle as essential components an input transducer, an amplifier and an output transducer.
  • the input transducer is usually a sound receiver, z. As a microphone, and / or an electromagnetic receiver, for. B. an induction coil.
  • the output transducer is usually used as an electroacoustic transducer, z. As miniature speaker, or as an electromechanical transducer, z. B. bone conduction, realized.
  • the amplifier is usually integrated in a signal processing unit. This basic structure is in FIG. 1 shown using the example of a behind-the-ear hearing aid. In a hearing aid housing 1 for carrying behind the ear are one or more microphones 2 to Built-in sound recording from the environment.
  • a signal processing unit 3 which is also integrated in the hearing aid housing 1, processes the microphone signals and amplifies them.
  • the output signal of the signal processing unit 3 is transmitted to a loudspeaker or earpiece 4, which outputs an acoustic signal.
  • the sound is optionally transmitted via a sound tube, which is fixed with an earmold in the ear canal, to the eardrum of the device carrier.
  • the power supply of the hearing device and in particular of the signal processing unit 3 is carried out by a likewise integrated into the hearing aid housing 1 battery. 5
  • volume control must be replaced.
  • a mechanic must open the housing of the hearing aid and unsolder the volume control.
  • the new volume control is to be soldered in and the housing closed accordingly. This is a time consuming procedure.
  • the so-called "faceplate" of the hearing aid has an opening for receiving the volume control module. This can be removably mounted on the faceplate and protrudes through said opening. The attachment of the volume control on the faceplate can be done by a snap ring arrangement. Cables of the volume control module are to be soldered to corresponding contact pads of a printed circuit board. However, under certain circumstances, the snap connection can not withstand the stresses and, furthermore, costly soldering steps are still necessary for the replacement of the volume control module.
  • the object of the present invention is thus to provide a hearing device which has a stably built-in yet easily replaceable volume control.
  • a hearing device with a housing having at least one GeHouseaussparung, and a volume control module including a mounting member and a volume control, which is mounted on the mounting member, wherein the volume control module is removably inserted into the housing, wherein the mounting member at least two Having Fixieraussparungen and two pin elements are positively and removably inserted into the housing recess and the Fixieraussparitch so that the volume control module can be removed from the housing only after removal of the pin elements from the Fixieraussparitch.
  • a manufacturer or a service center the volume control simply exchange that the pin element from the housing or the hearing and then the volume control are removed from the housing.
  • a volume control with a different color can be used in a hearing aid, without it being necessary to open the hearing aid housing.
  • the volume control module is guided during insertion and removal from the housing by means of the mounting member in a guide in the housing.
  • a stable seat in the hearing device and, on the other hand, a defined insertion movement are predetermined.
  • two pin elements can hold the volume control module in the inserted state in the housing, printed conductors extending between the two pin elements on the mounting element.
  • the volume control module can be introduced into the housing in an insertion direction, it is furthermore advantageous to when the two pin elements associated Fixieraussparept are arranged on a connecting line transverse to the insertion direction. It is thereby sufficient that the recesses are formed, for example, only semicircular, and the volume control module even then can not be removed by a rotational movement between the pin elements.
  • the mounting element runs a printed circuit board and the longitudinal axis of the at least one pin element in the inserted state perpendicular to the circuit board.
  • At least one spring contact of an electronic device of the hearing device can touch a conductor track of the printed circuit board in the inserted state of the volume control module.
  • spring contacts can be dispensed with solder joints.
  • the at least one spring contact protrudes in the inserted state of the volume control module between the two pin elements. In this way, a secure contacting of the conductor tracks can be realized because the circuit board of the volume control module has virtually no play between the pin elements.
  • FIG. 2 shows a volume control module 10 with a thumbwheel 11, in which there is a non-visible potentiometer.
  • the thumbwheel 11 or the potentiometer is rotatably mounted on a serving as a mounting and conductor element, small circuit board 12.
  • the potentiometer has three electrical contacts 13, 14 and 15, which are electrically connected to corresponding conductor tracks 16, 17 and 18 which extend on the printed circuit board 12.
  • the volume control module 10 consists in this example of the circuit board 12 and the potentiometer with thumbwheel 11. Alternatively, the volume control module but also with linear actuators or switches can be realized.
  • FIG. 2 shows the volume control module 10 in a state inserted into a housing, wherein the housing itself is not visible. Rather, only two cylindrical fixing pins 19, 20 are shown, which engage in a semi-circular recesses 21, 22 in the printed circuit board 12 in a form-fitting manner.
  • the two mounting pins 19 and 20 are perpendicular to the plane of the circuit board 12. Between them run the tracks 16, 17 and 18.
  • These are spring contacts 23, 24, 25 contacted, which are formed as forked curved contact tongues.
  • the mounting pins 19, 20 are held in the hearing aid housing in corresponding fitting holes. They can be pushed out of these fitting bores along their longitudinal axis without the hearing aid housing having to be opened. Since, however, as in FIG. 2 is shown in the inserted state with the circuit board 12 positively engage, the circuit board 12 and the entire volume control module 10 can not move in the plane of the circuit board 12. The volume control module 10 is thus removably mounted in the hearing aid housing.
  • FIG. 3 shows the same volume control module 10 as shown in FIG. 2 is shown. According to the arrow 26, however, the two fixing pins 19, 20 are removed from the housing or from the recesses 21, 22 according to the arrow 26. The volume control module 10 is now movable along the printed circuit board 12. In FIG. 4 is indicated by the arrow 27 that the volume control module 10 is removed from the housing.
  • the volume control module 10 is now replaced by a volume control module 10 'and according to FIG. 5 pushed back into the hearing aid housing, as symbolized by the arrow 28.
  • the spring contact tongues 23, 24 and 25 of the hearing device electronics contact the conductor tracks of the volume control module 10 '.
  • the last assembly step will now be accordingly FIG. 6 the mounting pins 19 and 20 back into the hearing aid housing, ie its fitted holes inserted, as indicated by arrow 29. They engage in the recesses 21 ', 22' of the circuit board 12 'of the newly inserted volume control module 10'.
  • the newly inserted volume control module 10 ' is attached again in the hearing aid housing.
  • the replacement of the volume control module thus takes place without soldering and also in particular without a special tool.

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  • Measurement Of The Respiration, Hearing Ability, Form, And Blood Characteristics Of Living Organisms (AREA)
  • Fittings On The Vehicle Exterior For Carrying Loads, And Devices For Holding Or Mounting Articles (AREA)

Claims (7)

  1. Ecouteur comprenant
    - un boîtier qui a au moins un évidement, et
    - un module ( 10 ) de réglage du niveau sonore y compris un élément ( 12 ) de montage et un réglage ( 11 ) du niveau sonore, qui est monté sur l'élément ( 12 ) de montage, le module ( 10 ) de réglage du niveau sonore pouvant être inséré dans le boîtier en pouvant en être retiré,
    caractérisé en ce que
    - l'élément ( 12 ) de montage a au moins deux évidements ( 21, 22 ) d'immobilisation et
    - deux éléments ( 19, 20 ) de broche sont enfilés à complémentarité de forme et avec possibilité d'être retirés dans l'évidement du boîtier et dans les évidements ( 21, 22 ) d'immobilisation de sorte que le module ( 10 ) de réglage du niveau sonore ne peut être retiré du boîtier qu'après avoir retiré les éléments ( 19, 20 ) de broche des évidements ( 21, 22 ) d'immobilisation.
  2. Ecouteur suivant la revendication 1, dans lequel le module ( 10 ) de réglage du niveau sonore est guidé dans un guidage du boîtier lorsqu'il est inséré et retiré du boîtier à l'aide de l'élément ( 12 ) de montage.
  3. Ecouteur suivant la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel les pistes ( 16, 17, 18 ) conductrices s'étendent entre les deux éléments ( 19, 20 ) de broche.
  4. Ecouteur suivant la revendication 3, dans lequel le module ( 10 ) de réglage du niveau sonore peut être introduit dans le boîtier suivant une direction d'introduction et les évidement ( 21, 22 ) d'immobilisation associés aux deux éléments de broches sont disposés sur une ligne de liaison transversalement à la direction d'introduction.
  5. Ecouteur suivant l'une des revendications précédentes 1 ou 2, dans lequel l'élément de montage est une plaquette à circuit imprimé et l'axe longitudinal du au moins un élément ( 19, 20 ) de broche s'étend à l'état inséré perpendiculairement à l'élément ( 12 ) de montage.
  6. Ecouteur suivant la revendication 5, dans lequel au moins un contact ( 23, 24, 25 ) à ressort d'un dispositif électronique de l'écouteur touche une piste ( 16, 17, 18 ) conductrice de l'élément ( 12 ) de montage lorsque le module ( 10 ) de réglage du niveau sonore est à l'état inséré.
  7. Ecouteur suivant la revendication 3 et 6, dans lequel le au moins un contact ( 23, 24, 25 ) à ressort pénètre, lorsque le module de réglage du niveau sonore est à l'état inséré, entre les deux éléments (19, 20) de broche.
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