Patents by Inventor Andreas Ratay
Andreas Ratay 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).
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Patent number: 10805743Abstract: A connector for a hearing instrument, in particular a receiver-in-canal behind-the-ear hearing aid, is small and visually inconspicuous. The connector should be as invisible as possible on the hearing instrument as it is worn, and the connector allows a microphone arrangement favorable for directionality and sound pick-up. The connector is disposed on an earpiece tube, which defines a longitudinal direction at the connector. The connector is connected by insertion into a connector receptacle of a hearing instrument transversely to the longitudinal direction. The hearing instrument has a laterally arranged connector receptacle, into which a connector is inserted transversely to the longitudinal direction. Because of the transverse insertion, the connector can be arranged laterally on the housing and because of the lateral placement, the front end face of the housing is smaller and the housing is overall flatter.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Sivantos Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Joachim Roland Barth, Holger Kral, Frank Naumann, Andreas Ratay, Markus Trautner
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Publication number: 20200021925Abstract: A connector for a hearing instrument, in particular a receiver-in-canal behind-the-ear hearing aid, is small and visually inconspicuous. The connector should be as invisible as possible on the hearing instrument as it is worn, and the connector allows a microphone arrangement favorable for directionality and sound pick-up. The connector is disposed on an earpiece tube, which defines a longitudinal direction at the connector. The connector is connected by insertion into a connector receptacle of a hearing instrument transversely to the longitudinal direction. The hearing instrument has a laterally arranged connector receptacle, into which a connector is inserted transversely to the longitudinal direction. Because of the transverse insertion, the connector can be arranged laterally on the housing and because of the lateral placement, the front end face of the housing is smaller and the housing is overall flatter.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2019Publication date: January 16, 2020Inventors: JOACHIM ROLAND BARTH, HOLGER KRAL, FRANK NAUMANN, ANDREAS RATAY, MARKUS TRAUTNER
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Patent number: 10462587Abstract: A connector for a hearing instrument, in particular a receiver-in-canal behind-the-ear hearing aid, is small and visually inconspicuous. The connector should be as invisible as possible on the hearing instrument as it is worn, and the connector allows a microphone arrangement favorable for directionality and sound pick-up. The connector is disposed on an earpiece tube, which defines a longitudinal direction at the connector. The connector is connected by insertion into a connector receptacle of a hearing instrument transversely to the longitudinal direction. The hearing instrument has a laterally arranged connector receptacle, into which a connector is inserted transversely to the longitudinal direction. Because of the transverse insertion, the connector can be arranged laterally on the housing and because of the lateral placement, the front end face of the housing is smaller and the housing is overall flatter.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2010Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Sivantos Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Joachim Roland Barth, Holger Kral, Frank Naumann, Andreas Ratay, Markus Trautner
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Patent number: 9247360Abstract: A hearing instrument has housing with a plug-in connection. The plug-in connection connects hearing tubes, sound tubes or electrical signal lines. The hearing instrument ensures against an unintentional detachment of the tubes and lines from the housing. The housing has a locking apparatus. The plug-in connection is arranged in the housing. The locking apparatus is embodied to prevent an unintentional detachment of the plug in the plug-in connection. The locking apparatus includes a catch, with a latching plate, and being moveably mounted in the housing. The catch moves at right angles to the plug-in direction of the plug and the latch is pushed into the housing and is protected herein by a blocking facility against unintentionally being pushed out. The blocking facility includes a stop and a blocking element, against which the stop strikes when sliding out. With the moveable catch, an easy-to-operate locking process is achieved.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2014Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Sivantos Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Joachim Roland Barth, Holger Kral, Frank Naumann, Andreas Ratay
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Patent number: 8867769Abstract: A behind-the-ear hearing device has a housing with a plug-in connector on a sidewall of the housing for connecting to an earpiece tube or sound tube. The lateral arrangement of the plug-in connector moves the plug-in connector away from the exposed position on the front end face of the housing. This enables the front end face, which is generally visible, to be made smaller. Advantageously, at least two microphones are provided, with one microphone position in the vicinity of the front end face of the housing. The front microphone position is thus moved farther away from a position that may possibly be covered by the pinna, and the rear microphone position can also be moved farther toward the front. The microphone positions are thus approximately horizontal, which promotes the spatial resolution of the detected surrounding sound (directionality) by the signal processing of the hearing aid.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2010Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Siemens Medical Instruments Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Frank Naumann, Holger Kral, Andreas Ratay, Joachim Roland Barth
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Publication number: 20140205120Abstract: A hearing instrument has housing with a plug-in connection. The plug-in connection connects hearing tubes, sound tubes or electrical signal lines. The hearing instrument ensures against an unintentional detachment of the tubes and lines from the housing. The housing has a locking apparatus. The plug-in connection is arranged in the housing. The locking apparatus is embodied to prevent an unintentional detachment of the plug in the plug-in connection. The locking apparatus includes a catch, with a latching plate, and being moveably mounted in the housing. The catch moves at right angles to the plug-in direction of the plug and the latch is pushed into the housing and is protected herein by a blocking facility against unintentionally being pushed out. The blocking facility includes a stop and a blocking element, against which the stop strikes when sliding out. With the moveable catch, an easy-to-operate locking process is achieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: SIEMENS MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS PTE. LTD.Inventors: JOACHIM ROLAND BARTH, HOLGER KRAL, FRANK NAUMANN, ANDREAS RATAY
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Patent number: 8644543Abstract: With a hearing aid device in a frame configuration, acoustic feedback is avoided with an opened battery charger. To this end, a seal surrounds the frame component in an annular manner, the seal sealing a gap between the frame component and the housing thus providing a more user friendly hearing aid.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2012Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Siemens Medical Instruments Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Marco Lederer, Andreas Ratay, Hartmut Ritter
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Patent number: 8379895Abstract: With a hearing aid device having a device element which can be worn on or behind the ear and an earmold which protrudes at least partially into the auditory canal of a user, in which earmold a receiver is arranged, the protection of the receiver from contamination is to be improved. To this end, a sound outlet opening in the earmold is covered with a membrane and a ventilation channel is provided for the rear ventilation of the membrane, with at least one segment of the ventilation channel running in a connecting piece, which connects the device element to the earmold.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2007Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbHInventors: Anton Gebert, Andreas Ratay
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Publication number: 20130004005Abstract: A connector for a hearing instrument, in particular a receiver-in-canal behind-the-ear hearing aid, is small and visually inconspicuous. The connector should be as invisible as possible on the hearing instrument as it is worn, and the connector allows a microphone arrangement favorable for directionality and sound pick-up. The connector is disposed on an earpiece tube, which defines a longitudinal direction at the connector. The connector is connected by insertion into a connector receptacle of a hearing instrument transversely to the longitudinal direction. The hearing instrument has a laterally arranged connector receptacle, into which a connector is inserted transversely to the longitudinal direction. Because of the transverse insertion, the connector can be arranged laterally on the housing and because of the lateral placement, the front end face of the housing is smaller and the housing is overall flatter.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2010Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: SIEMENS MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS PTE. LTD.Inventors: Joachim Roland Barth, Holger Kral, Frank Naumann, Andreas Ratay, Markus Trautner
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Publication number: 20120328139Abstract: A behind-the-ear hearing device has a housing with a plug-in connector on a sidewall of the housing for connecting to an earpiece tube or sound tube. The lateral arrangement of the plug-in connector moves the plug-in connector away from the exposed position on the front end face of the housing. This enables the front end face, which is generally visible, to be made smaller. Advantageously, at least two microphones are provided, with one microphone position in the vicinity of the front end face of the housing. The front microphone position is thus moved farther away from a position that may possibly be covered by the pinna, and the rear microphone position can also be moved farther toward the front. The microphone positions are thus approximately horizontal, which promotes the spatial resolution of the detected surrounding sound (directionality) by the signal processing of the hearing aid.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2010Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: SIEMENS MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS PTE. LTD.Inventors: Frank Naumann, Holger Kral, Andreas Ratay, Joachim Roland Barth
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Publication number: 20110194718Abstract: A receiver tube for a hearing aid has an integrated strain relief. A receiver mounted at the end of the receiver tube is normally worn in the auditory canal of a hearing aid wearer. It is pulled out of the auditory canal by pulling at the receiver tube or also separated from the receiver tube for the purpose of cleaning or exchange. Due to the tensile forces, the flexible receiver tube is stretched and elongated. This longitudinal extension may under certain circumstances amount to up to several millimeters and load or even damage the connection of the less extensible conductor to the receiver or to the hearing aid extending through the receiver tube due to tension. The novel receiver tube has a strain relief with a strain aid that is inexpensive to produce and benefitting a small diameter, has a high visual transparency and a high flexibility of the receiver tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2011Publication date: August 11, 2011Applicant: SIEMENS MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS PTE. LTD.Inventors: Andreas Ratay, Tom Weidner
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Publication number: 20080095390Abstract: With a hearing aid device having a device element which can be worn on or behind the ear and an earmold which protrudes at least partially into the auditory canal of a user, in which earmold a receiver is arranged, the protection of the receiver from contamination is to be improved. To this end, a sound outlet opening in the earmold is covered with a membrane and a ventilation channel is provided for the rear ventilation of the membrane, with at least one segment of the ventilation channel running in a connecting piece, which connects the device element to the earmold.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2007Publication date: April 24, 2008Inventors: Anton Gebert, Andreas Ratay