Patents by Inventor Inge Balling

Inge Balling 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).

  • Hearing aid earpiece and a method of manufacturing a hearing aid earpiece
    Patent number: 8625831
    Abstract: A hearing aid earpiece (1) is provided, that is custom fitted to the individual shape of the ear canal of a user and manufactured in a rapid prototyping process. The earpiece comprises a sound conduit (3) that is adapted for conveying an acoustic signal from an acoustic inlet port towards an acoustic outlet port and wherein the sound conduit is looped such that at least one geometrical plane will intersect the sound conduit at least three times thereby providing a length of the sound conduit exceeding a largest outer dimension of the hearing aid earpiece. The invention also relates to a hearing aid comprising such a hearing aid earpiece and a method for manufacturing such an earpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Widex A/S
    Inventors: Martin Rung, Jørgen Mejner Olsen, Klaus Henrik Vaarbroe, Peter Nordland Jensen, Inge Balling, Morten Agerbaek Nordahn
  • HEARING AID EARPIECE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A HEARING AID EARPIECE
    Publication number: 20110261985
    Abstract: A hearing aid earpiece (1) is provided, that is custom fitted to the individual shape of the ear canal of a user and manufactured in a rapid prototyping process. The earpiece comprises a sound conduit (3) that is adapted for conveying an acoustic signal from an acoustic inlet port towards an acoustic outlet port and wherein the sound conduit is looped such that at least one geometrical plane will intersect the sound conduit at least three times thereby providing a length of the sound conduit exceeding a largest outer dimension of the hearing aid earpiece. The invention also relates to a hearing aid comprising such a hearing aid earpiece and a method for manufacturing such an earpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: WIDEX A/S
    Inventors: Martin Rung, Peter Nordland Jensen, Jørgen Mejner Olsen, Klaus Henrik Vaarbroe, Inge Balling, Morten Agerbaek Nordahn