Patents by Inventor Niels E. H. CHRISTENSEN

Niels E. H. CHRISTENSEN has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Listening device adapted for establishing an electric connection to an external device using electrically conductive parts of one or more components of the listening device
    Patent number: 8750548
    Abstract: The application relates to a miniature listening device (20) comprising a housing (200) for enclosing an energy source (23) and a number of functional (21, 22, 24, 60, 70) and/or electronic (251) components of the listening device. The application further relates to the use of such listening device, to a listening system and to a method of electrically connecting a listening device to an external device. The object of the present application is to provide a scheme for electrically connecting a miniature listening device to an external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Oticon A/S
    Inventors: Niels E. H. Christensen, Kenneth Rueskov Møller, Jan T. L. Larsen
  • LISTENING DEVICE ADAPTED FOR ESTABLISHING AN ELECTRIC CONNECTION TO AN EXTERNAL DEVICE USING ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE PARTS OF ONE OR MORE COMPONENTS OF THE LISTENING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120051577
    Abstract: The application relates to a miniature listening device (20) comprising a housing (200) for enclosing an energy source (23) and a number of functional (21, 22, 24, 60, 70) and/or electronic (251) components of the listening device. The application further relates to the use of such listening device, to a listening system and to a method of electrically connecting a listening device to an external device. The object of the present application is to provide a scheme for electrically connecting a miniature listening device to an external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: OTICON A/S
    Inventors: Niels E. H. CHRISTENSEN, Kenneth Rueskov Møller, Jan T. L. Larsen