Patents by Inventor Anders Hjermø Michaelsen

Anders Hjermø Michaelsen 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).

  • Patent number: 11871168
    Abstract: A hearing device and related methods are disclosed. The hearing device comprises a housing comprising a wall, a microphone inlet comprising a through-going opening, a microphone arranged within the housing for receiving audio via the microphone inlet, a first filter device comprising a first filter material, the first filter device being arranged at the microphone, and a second filter device substantially having the shape of a torus or a hollow cylinder and comprising a second filter material, the second filter device being arranged at the wall, wherein the first filter device is arranged between the microphone and the second filter device, and wherein the through-going opening comprises an outer recess in an outer surface of the wall, wherein the second filter device is arranged in the outer recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventors: Andreas Tiefenau, Timea Denisa Merca, Anders Hjermø Michaelsen
  • Publication number: 20230411999
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wirelessly rechargeable hearing device having inductive charging circuitry comprising a receiver coil, which has a plurality of receiver coil windings surrounding a winding-free area. The hearing device further comprises a magnetic component configured to magnetically engage with another magnetic component comprised outside the hearing device and the magnetic component is further arranged within a volume that extends perpendicularly from the winding-free area. Further, the disclosure relates to a charger for the wirelessly rechargeable hearing device, where the charger comprises a magnetic component arranged within a volume that extends perpendicularly from a winding-free area defined by transmitter coil windings. Lastly, a system comprising the wirelessly rechargeable hearing device and the charger is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: GN Hearing A/S
    Inventors: Søren Davids, Christopher Wessel Lindberg, Anders Hjermø Michaelsen, Henrik Nielsen, Sinasi Özden
  • Publication number: 20230353960
    Abstract: A method of configuring a custom insert of a charger, wherein the custom insert is for aligning a first charging element of a hearing device and a transmitter charging element of a charger, includes: obtaining a digital three-dimensional hearing device model comprising a representation of the first charging element; obtaining a digital three-dimensional charger model comprising a representation of the transmitter charging element; obtaining a digital three-dimensional insert model; obtaining a digital cavity representing a cavity in the custom insert; and creating a custom digital three-dimensional insert model based on the digital cavity and the digital three-dimensional insert model, such that the representation of the first charging element in the digital three-dimensional hearing device model and the representation of the transmitter charging element in the three-dimensional charger model, are aligned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: GN Hearing A/S
    Inventors: Henrik NIELSEN, Søren DAVIDS, Thomas John CHAPPELL, Anders Hjermø MICHAELSEN
  • Patent number: 11792585
    Abstract: A method of configuring a custom insert of a charger, wherein the custom insert is for aligning a first charging element of a hearing device and a transmitter charging element of a charger, includes: obtaining a digital three-dimensional hearing device model comprising a representation of the first charging element; obtaining a digital three-dimensional charger model comprising a representation of the transmitter charging element; obtaining a digital three-dimensional insert model; obtaining a digital cavity representing a cavity in the custom insert; and creating a custom digital three-dimensional insert model based on the digital cavity and the digital three-dimensional insert model, such that the representation of the first charging element in the digital three-dimensional hearing device model and the representation of the transmitter charging element in the three-dimensional charger model, are aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventors: Henrik Nielsen, Søren Davids, Thomas John Chappell, Anders Hjermø Michaelsen
  • Publication number: 20230188912
    Abstract: A hearing device and related methods are disclosed. The hearing device comprises a housing comprising a wall, a microphone inlet comprising a through-going opening, a microphone arranged within the housing for receiving audio via the microphone inlet, a first filter device comprising a first filter material, the first filter device being arranged at the microphone, and a second filter device substantially having the shape of a torus or a hollow cylinder and comprising a second filter material, the second filter device being arranged at the wall, wherein the first filter device is arranged between the microphone and the second filter device, and wherein the through-going opening comprises an outer recess in an outer surface of the wall, wherein the second filter device is arranged in the outer recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: GN Hearing A/S
    Inventors: Andreas TIEFENAU, Timea Denisa MERCA, Anders Hjermø MICHAELSEN
  • Patent number: 11638107
    Abstract: A hearing device and related methods are disclosed. The hearing device comprises a housing comprising a wall, a microphone inlet comprising a through-going opening, a microphone arranged within the housing for receiving audio via the microphone inlet, a first filter device comprising a first filter material, the first filter device being arranged at the microphone, and a second filter device substantially having the shape of a torus or a hollow cylinder and comprising a second filter material, the second filter device being arranged at the wall, wherein the first filter device is arranged between the microphone and the second filter device, and wherein the through-going opening comprises an outer recess in an outer surface of the wall, wherein the second filter device is arranged in the outer recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventors: Andreas Tiefenau, Timea Denisa Merca, Anders Hjermø Michaelsen
  • Patent number: 11638101
    Abstract: A hearing aid for placement in an ear canal of a user, includes: a shell; a faceplate comprising an upper face, and a lower face, and a circumference, the upper face being exposed when the shell is placed in an ear of the user; a coil arranged at the faceplate; and a button arrangement comprising a plunger configured to control an integrated circuit arranged below the coil, the coil comprising one or more windings, the one or more windings being circumferential of an inner cavity of the coil with respect to a center or longitudinal axis of the coil, the button arrangement being configured such that the plunger in at least one position extends through the inner cavity of the coil for engaging the integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventors: Henrik Nielsen, Thomas John Chappell, Søren Davids, Shi Pu, Anders Hjermø Michaelsen
  • Publication number: 20230099122
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a hearing device, e.g., a hearing aid, wherein open-cell foam is compressed between a receiver and a second section, e.g., receiver chamber, of the hearing device, a method for providing such hearing device, and a method for identifying a desired property of such open-cell foam of such hearing device. The hearing device comprises a first section comprising the open-cell foam being compressed, such that the open-cell foam has at least a strain value of a first point of an elastic modulus-strain curve of the open-cell foam and at most the strain value of a third point of the elastic modulus-strain curve, and such that the receiver is connected to the second section via the first section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: GN Hearing A/S
    Inventors: Yu LUAN, Anders Hjermø MICHAELSEN, Gojko OBRADOVIC
  • Publication number: 20230082030
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a wirelessly rechargeable hearing device, a charger for a wirelessly rechargeable hearing device, and a system comprising a wirelessly rechargeable hearing device and a charger for the wirelessly rechargeable hearing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: GN Hearing A/S
    Inventors: Anders Hjermø MICHAELSEN, Kim Fälling ANDERSEN, Søren DAVIDS, Palle STAFFELDT, Morten Lerstrup PEDERSEN, Anders Bøje NIELSEN, Mikkel NIELSEN
  • Publication number: 20220286793
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a hearing device comprising: —a behind-the-ear housing, where the housing comprises a bottom part, a top part opposite the bottom part, a front part, and a rear part opposite the front part, —a connector, the connector is configured to be removably attached to the housing, where the connector is configured for connecting the housing to an element, the element is being configured to be arranged in or at the ear of the user, wherein the housing comprises a locking element, where the locking element is configured for locking the connector to/in the housing, and wherein the housing comprises a guide for at least a part of the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: GN Hearing A/S
    Inventor: Anders Hjermø MICHAELSEN
  • Publication number: 20220217483
    Abstract: The present disclosure concerns a system comprising a hearing device and a tool, and the tool itself, for exchanging for example covers and/or filters and/or sealings in/on the hearing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: GN Hearing A/S
    Inventors: Finn HANSEN, Anders Hjermø MICHAELSEN
  • Publication number: 20220150646
    Abstract: A hearing aid for placement in an ear canal of a user, includes: a shell; a faceplate comprising an upper face, and a lower face, and a circumference, the upper face being exposed when the shell is placed in an ear of the user; a coil arranged at the faceplate; and a button arrangement comprising a plunger configured to control an integrated circuit arranged below the coil, the coil comprising one or more windings, the one or more windings being circumferential of an inner cavity of the coil with respect to a center or longitudinal axis of the coil, the button arrangement being configured such that the plunger in at least one position extends through the inner cavity of the coil for engaging the integrated circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: GN Hearing A/S
    Inventors: Henrik NIELSEN, Thomas John CHAPPELL, Søren DAVIDS, Shi PU, Anders Hjermø MICHAELSEN
  • Publication number: 20220150651
    Abstract: A hearing device and related methods are disclosed. The hearing device comprises a housing comprising a wall, a microphone inlet comprising a through-going opening, a microphone arranged within the housing for receiving audio via the microphone inlet, a first filter device comprising a first filter material, the first filter device being arranged at the microphone, and a second filter device substantially having the shape of a torus or a hollow cylinder and comprising a second filter material, the second filter device being arranged at the wall, wherein the first filter device is arranged between the microphone and the second filter device, and wherein the through-going opening comprises an outer recess in an outer surface of the wall, wherein the second filter device is arranged in the outer recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: GN Hearing A/S
    Inventors: Andreas Tiefenau, Timea Denisa MERCA, Anders Hjermø MICHAELSEN
  • Patent number: 11245989
    Abstract: A hearing aid for placement in an ear canal of a user, includes: a shell; a faceplate comprising an upper face, and a lower face, and a circumference, the upper face being exposed when the shell is placed in an ear of the user; a coil arranged at the faceplate; and a button arrangement comprising a plunger configured to control an integrated circuit arranged below the coil, the coil comprising one or more windings, the one or more windings being circumferential of an inner cavity of the coil with respect to a center or longitudinal axis of the coil, the button arrangement being configured such that the plunger in at least one position extends through the inner cavity of the coil for engaging the integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventors: Henrik Nielsen, Thomas John Chappell, Søren Davids, Shi Pu, Anders Hjermø Michaelsen
  • Patent number: 11202157
    Abstract: A method of configuring a custom insert of a charger, wherein the custom insert is for aligning a receiver charging element of a hearing device and a transmitter charging element of a charger, includes: obtaining a digital three-dimensional hearing device model comprising a representation of the receiver charging element, wherein the digital three-dimensional hearing device model is based on a digital scan of an ear; obtaining a digital three-dimensional charger model comprising a representation of the transmitter charging element; obtaining a generic digital three-dimensional insert model; obtaining a digital cavity representing a cavity in the custom insert; and creating a custom digital three-dimensional insert model based on the digital cavity and the generic digital three-dimensional insert model, such that the representation of the receiver charging element in the digital three-dimensional hearing device model and the representation of the transmitter charging element in the three-dimensional charger mo
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: GN Hearing A/S
    Inventors: Henrik Nielsen, Søren Davids, Thomas John Chappell, Anders Hjermø Michaelsen
  • Publication number: 20210385591
    Abstract: A method of configuring a custom insert of a charger, wherein the custom insert is for aligning a first charging element of a hearing device and a transmitter charging element of a charger, includes: obtaining a digital three-dimensional hearing device model comprising a representation of the first charging element; obtaining a digital three-dimensional charger model comprising a representation of the transmitter charging element; obtaining a digital three-dimensional insert model; obtaining a digital cavity representing a cavity in the custom insert; and creating a custom digital three-dimensional insert model based on the digital cavity and the digital three-dimensional insert model, such that the representation of the first charging element in the digital three-dimensional hearing device model and the representation of the transmitter charging element in the three-dimensional charger model, are aligned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: GN Hearing A/S
    Inventors: Henrik NIELSEN, Søren DAVIDS, Thomas John CHAPPELL, Anders Hjermø MICHAELSEN
  • Publication number: 20210360352
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: an input configured to obtain information regarding a usage of a hearing device; a processing unit configured to detect a clogging of a filter of the hearing device based at least in part on the information regarding the usage of the hearing device; and an output configured to provide a signal indicating the clogging of the filter. An electronic device includes: a user interface configured to receive a user input associated with a usage of a hearing device; a screen; a processing unit configured to generate usage information regarding the usage of the hearing device; and a communication unit configured to provide the usage information regarding the usage of the hearing device to a server, and to receive a signal indicating a clogging of a filter of the hearing device, the signal being based on the usage information regarding the usage of the hearing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: GN Hearing A/S
    Inventors: Anders Hjermø MICHAELSEN, Lionel Plato KUHLMANN, Christoffer DYSSEGARD, Anthea BOTT
  • Publication number: 20210168536
    Abstract: A method of configuring a custom insert of a charger, wherein the custom insert is for aligning a receiver charging element of a hearing device and a transmitter charging element of a charger, includes: obtaining a digital three-dimensional hearing device model comprising a representation of the receiver charging element, wherein the digital three-dimensional hearing device model is based on a digital scan of an ear; obtaining a digital three-dimensional charger model comprising a representation of the transmitter charging element; obtaining a generic digital three-dimensional insert model; obtaining a digital cavity representing a cavity in the custom insert; and creating a custom digital three-dimensional insert model based on the digital cavity and the generic digital three-dimensional insert model, such that the representation of the receiver charging element in the digital three-dimensional hearing device model and the representation of the transmitter charging element in the three-dimensional charger mo
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventors: Henrik NIELSEN, Søren DAVIDS, Thomas John CHAPPELL, Anders Hjermø MICHAELSEN
  • Patent number: 10715938
    Abstract: A hearing aid includes: a hearing aid housing with a connector socket; and an earpiece connector with a connector plug; wherein the connector plug of the earpiece connector is configured to releasably couple to the connector socket of the hearing aid housing for connecting the earpiece connector to the hearing aid housing; and wherein the connector plug of the earpiece connector comprises a connector plug body having a deadbolt movably arranged in the connector plug body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: GN Hearing A/S
    Inventors: Laurids Egedal Kirchhoff, Anders Hjermø Michaelsen
  • Publication number: 20190200145
    Abstract: A hearing aid includes: a hearing aid housing with a connector socket; and an earpiece connector with a connector plug; wherein the connector plug of the earpiece connector is configured to releasably couple to the connector socket of the hearing aid housing for connecting the earpiece connector to the hearing aid housing; and wherein the connector plug of the earpiece connector comprises a connector plug body having a deadbolt movably arranged in the connector plug body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: GN Hearing A/S
    Inventors: Laurids Egedal KIRCHHOFF, Anders Hjermø Michaelsen