Patents by Inventor Harald Klemenz

Harald Klemenz 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: 9271095
    Abstract: A hearing aid device and a method of manufacturing the hearing aid device provide a housing and a first conductive layer. The housing has a first non-conductive layer and a second non-conductive layer. The first conductive layer is disposed between the first non-conductive layer and the second non-conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Sivantos Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Frank Beck, James Edward De Finis, Jens-Christian Holst, Harald Klemenz, Lavlesh Lamba, Pei Chyi Kristy Lim, Uwe Rass, Joseph Sauer, Amit Vaze
  • Patent number: 8861758
    Abstract: A hearing aid device includes a processing unit and a receiving unit adapted to be coupled to transmit an electrical signal from the processing unit to the receiving unit. The processing unit has a wireless transmitter and a transmitter seal for covering the wireless transmitter and the receiving unit has a wireless receiver and a receiver seal for covering the wireless receiver. The electrical signal is transmitted from the wireless transmitter to the wireless receiver wirelessly. The electrical signal may be transmitted by induction. The transmitter seal and the receiver seal prevent any environmental influences from acting on the hearing aid device and thus protect the hearing aid device from malfunctioning or becoming short circuited. Magnetic connectors and/or mechanical connectors are provided for a stable contact between the processing unit and the receiving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Instruments Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Harald Klemenz, Pei Chyi Kristy Lim
  • Patent number: 8644542
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a hearing aid is provided. The hearing aid may include a set of battery charging terminals configured to be connected to a battery. A receiver oscillator circuit is electrically coupled to the set of battery charging terminals, the receiver oscillator circuit includes a receiver coil. The receiver coil may be tuned to resonate at a resonance frequency in a range of MHz and at the resonance frequency. The receiver coil may be configured to receive magnetic energy in the form of electromagnetic waves of a frequency similar to the resonance frequency of the receiver coil and to convert the magnetic energy of the received electromagnetic waves to an electrical current to charge the battery via the set of battery charging terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Instruments Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Harald Klemenz, Pei Chyi Kristy Lim, Benjamin Neumann
  • Patent number: 8600090
    Abstract: A hearing aid may include a hearing aid housing. The hearing aid housing may include a first housing wall portion and a second housing wall portion. The first housing wall portion has a first flexibility, the second housing wall portion has a second flexibility and the first flexibility is different than the second flexibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Instruments Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas Hies, Harald Klemenz
  • Patent number: 8548183
    Abstract: The equipment size of a hearing device is intended to be reduced. Therefore, a hearing device, in particular an ITE hearing aid, is proposed with a shell having a user-specific shape, a faceplate for closing-off the shell and an electronic component which is attached to the faceplate using a support. The support is individually formed taking into account the shape of the shell, and/or a position of the support on the faceplate is individually determined taking into account the shape of the shell. As a result of the individual support, it is possible to cut down on installation space and therefore the shell can be shortened. In particular, the support can be formed integrally with the faceplate in order to simplify the production method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Instruments Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Harald Klemenz, Poh Chye Lim, Markus Wild, Kim Ho Patrick Yau
  • Patent number: 8498436
    Abstract: In a hearing aid provision can be made for a housing that is worn outside of an auditory canal of a user. Then, sound or electrical signals are conducted into the auditory canal from the housing. To this end, provision can be made for a conducting element such as a sound tube or a cable. The conducting element is then connected to the housing via a coupling element. This connection must be embodied such that the coupling element does not detach from the housing on its own accord. The user must be able to remove the coupling element and the conducting element from the housing in a simple fashion in order e.g. to be able to clean the former two parts. Accordingly, a coupling element and a housing can be interconnected in a detachable fashion, with this connection containing a dovetail joint for the hearing aid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Instruments Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Phanhow Amy Cheng, Markus Heerlein, Harald Klemenz, Cheoung Hong Lee, Meng Kiang Lim
  • Patent number: 8389896
    Abstract: It is desirable for the production of workpieces, which are sometimes produced by a rapid prototyping method, to be further automatable. To this end a device is provided having a laser for generating a laser beam in order to set a material, and a workpiece support which can be exposed directly to the laser. There is also provided an optical instrument for redirecting and deviating the laser beam so that the workpiece support can also be exposed indirectly to the laser. Material can therefore also be cured more easily in undercuts of workpiece blanks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Instruments Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Tze Peng Chua, Matthias Jorgas, Harald Klemenz, Eng Cheong Lim, Pei Chyi Kristy Lim, Nisha Shakila Ma
  • Patent number: 8379893
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for customizing a hearing aid casing. A user accesses a software program that allows him or her to select a type of a hearing aid. The software program further allows the user to select a motif to be displayed on at least a portion of the hearing aid casing. The software program may automatically size the selected motif based on the type of the hearing aid selected, and the selected motif may be printed on a film. The film then is coupled to the hearing aid casing to display the motif on one or more surfaces of the hearing aid casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Instruments Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Harald Klemenz, Daniel Reisse, Markus Wild
  • Patent number: 8319151
    Abstract: To further automate the manufacture of hearing aid component parts that are in part produced with a rapid prototyping method, a laser beam for curing material is generated by a laser, and a workpiece support that can be directly exposed by the laser is provided. The laser beam is deflected by an optic device so that the workpiece support can be indirectly exposed with the laser. Material can thereby be more easily applied in undercuts of workpiece blanks that form the basis of the hearing aid component parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Instruments Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Tze Peng Chua, Matthias Jorgas, Harald Klemenz, Eng Cheong Lim, Pei Chyi Kristy Lim, Nisha Shakila Ma
  • Patent number: 8284969
    Abstract: A hearing aid has an operating device with an operating element for activating a first operating function and a second operating function of the hearing aid. The operating device is configured to cause an execution of an operating function of the hearing aid by activating the corresponding operating function via the operating element. The operating device suppresses the execution of the first operating function by activating the first operating function via the operating element if the second operating function is activated via the operating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Instruments Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Markus Heerlein, Harald Klemenz, Beng Hai Tan, Kim Ho Patrick Yau
  • Publication number: 20120250920
    Abstract: A hearing aid device and a method of manufacturing the hearing aid device provide a housing and a first conductive layer. The housing has a first non-conductive layer and a second non-conductive layer. The first conductive layer is disposed between the first non-conductive layer and the second non-conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: SIEMENS MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Frank Beck, James Edward De Finis, Jens-Christian Holst, Harald Klemenz, Lavlesh Lamba, Pei chyi Kristy Lim, Uwe Rass, Joseph Sauer, Amit Vaze
  • Patent number: 8280085
    Abstract: A hearing aid has a housing, a signal-processing arrangement housed in the housing, an LED, an actuatable switching element arranged on the housing, and a battery. The LED is connected to a positive pole of the battery with its anode connector and to a first connector of the signal-processing arrangement with its cathode connector. The signal-processing arrangement is formed with a monitoring unit, which switches the first connector if there is a drop below a first threshold voltage such that the cathode connector can be connected to a negative pole of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Instruments Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Markus Heerlein, Harald Klemenz
  • Patent number: 8254608
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hearing aid device and a method for manufacturing the hearing aid device. The hearing aid device comprises a housing having an inner surface. The housing has an electrical component therein. A conductive layer is attached on at least a portion of the inner surface of the housing. The inner surface acts as a support for the conductive layer. The electrical component is conductively connected to the conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Instruments Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: James Edward De Finis, Jens-Christian Holst, Harald Klemenz, Lavlesh Lamba, Pei Chyi Kristy Lim, Uwe Rass, Joseph Sauer, Amit Vaze
  • Patent number: 8254610
    Abstract: A hearing aid has a housing, a battery compartment, and a locking mechanism for the battery compartment. A shaft which is arranged on the housing or the battery compartment, and a slide having a hole which forms a fit with the shaft, such that the slide can be moved on the shaft in order to lock and unlock the battery compartment in the housing. The hole has a circular cross section, and the shaft has a cross section which is not a circle, with rotational symmetry when rotated through 360°/n, where n is an integer greater than 1. A battery compartment for a hearing aid has a locking mechanism such as this. Because a cross section of said shaft is different from the cross section of the hole in the battery compartment, the shaft is connected to the hole in the battery compartment only at a number of points. This ensures that the slide is held adequately on the shaft even in the event of a production tolerance on the one hand, while, on the other hand, the slide can move on the shaft with little resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Instruments Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Markus Heerlein, Markus Hubert, Harald Klemenz
  • Patent number: 8249262
    Abstract: A device for acoustic analysis has a first hearing device with a first sound input and a first sound output and a second hearing device with a second sound input and a second sound output. The first hearing device is in acoustic communication with the second hearing device. The first hearing device can analyze the acoustic communication and output a corresponding result. Consequently, two hearing aids, for example, can test each other, and permit a user to check hearing devices and, in particular, hearing aids in a simple fashion without the hearing aid wearer having to visit an audiologist for the test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Instruments Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Li Nah Chua, Tze Peng Chua, Harald Klemenz, Eng Cheong Lim, Pei Chyi Kristy Lim, Nisha Shakila Ma, Boon Lan Ng, Yong Kiat Ng, Diana Schmidt, Yen Ling Elaine Tham
  • Patent number: 8224006
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hearing aid device and a method of manufacturing the hearing aid device. The hearing aid device comprises a housing and a first conductive layer. The housing further comprises a first non-conductive layer and a second non-conductive layer. The first conductive layer is between the first non-conductive layer and the second non-conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Instruments Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Frank Beck, James Edward De Finis, Jens-Christian Holst, Harald Klemenz, Lavlesh Lamba, Pei Chyi Kristy Lim, Uwe Rass, Joseph Sauer, Amit Vaze
  • Patent number: 8224008
    Abstract: A hearing apparatus includes a charging contact being movable relative to an accumulator and being electrically conductively connected to the accumulator in a first position and less effectively conductively connected thereto in a second position. A spring-elastic element engages with the charging contact in order to push the charging contact into the second position with a predetermined force, so that the charging contact can only be pushed into the first position by overcoming the predetermined force. As a result, the charging contact configuration obtains a switching function, so that electro-corrosion on the charging contacts can be prevented. Therefore, charging an accumulator of a hearing apparatus and in particular of a hearing device using a direct conductive contact is possible, with zero potential of the charging contacts which are accessible from the outside being ensured during normal operation of the hearing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Instruments Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Harald Klemenz, Tom Weidner
  • Publication number: 20120170781
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a hearing aid is provided. The hearing aid may include a set of battery charging terminals configured to be connected to a battery. A receiver oscillator circuit is electrically coupled to the set of battery charging terminals, the receiver oscillator circuit includes a receiver coil. The receiver coil may be tuned to resonate at a resonance frequency in a range of MHz and at the resonance frequency. The receiver coil may be configured to receive magnetic energy in the form of electromagnetic waves of a frequency similar to the resonance frequency of the receiver coil and to convert the magnetic energy of the received electromagnetic waves to an electrical current to charge the battery via the set of battery charging terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: SIEMENS MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Harald Klemenz, Pei Chyi Kristy Lim, Benjamin Neumann
  • Publication number: 20120155684
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hearing aid device and a method for manufacturing the hearing aid device. The hearing aid device comprises a housing having an inner surface. The housing has an electrical component therein. A conductive layer is attached on at least a portion of the inner surface of the housing. The inner surface acts as a support for the conductive layer. The electrical component is conductively connected to the conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: James Edward De Finis, Jens-Christian Holst, Harald Klemenz, Lavlesh Lamba, Pei Chyi Kristy Lim, Uwe Rass, Joseph Sauer, Amit Vaze
  • Publication number: 20120093349
    Abstract: A hearing aid includes a housing, a battery door configured to receive a battery, and a battery door locking mechanism. The battery door locking mechanism includes a magnetic element configured to magnetically lock or unlock the battery door. In order to open the battery door, an external actuator having a magnetic device is brought close to the hearing aid and the battery door locking mechanism of the hearing aid is actuated magnetically. A method for operating the battery door locking mechanism is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Applicant: SIEMENS MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Li Nah Chua, Harald Klemenz, Pei Chyi Kristy Lim, Boon Lan Ng, Yong Kiat Ng