Patents by Inventor Jens Troelsen
Jens Troelsen 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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Publication number: 20240073633Abstract: A hearing aid device includes at least one user input unit for controlling an operation mode of the hearing aid device, at least one signal line connecting the at least one user input unit with a control unit for controlling the hearing aid device, and an antenna module comprising at least two electrically conductive and electrically connectable layers forming a layered structure. The at least one user input unit is arranged at one of the layers of the antenna module, and the at least one signal line is provided at an inner surface of one of the layers facing one other layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: Oticon Medical A/SInventors: Oleksandr RYBALKO, Jens TROELSEN, Rune SØ, Morten THOUGAARD
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Publication number: 20240022865Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hearing aid with an RF antenna arranged within the hearing aid's housing, and a loudspeaker positioned in the ear canal of the user. The RF antenna is configured to receive and/or transmit electromagnetic RF signals within a first frequency range enclosing a first frequency of resonance of the RF antenna corresponding to a first wavelength. The hearing aid further comprises one or more electric leads electrically connected to lead one or more electric signals within a second frequency range not overlapping the first frequency range between the loudspeaker in the ear canal of the user and an electronic circuit in the housing, with the one or more electrical leads being decoupled, at a connector end of the one or more electrical leads, by means of one or more decoupling components.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Jens TROELSEN, Oliver SUNDBERG, Kåre Tais CHRISTENSEN, Henning Knak POULSEN
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Patent number: 11849285Abstract: A hearing aid device includes at least one user input unit for controlling an operation mode of the hearing aid device, at least one signal line connecting the at least one user input unit with a control unit for controlling the hearing aid device, and an antenna module comprising at least two electrically conductive and electrically connectable layers forming a layered structure. The at least one user input unit is arranged at one of the layers of the antenna module, and the at least one signal line is provided at an inner surface of one of the layers facing one other layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Oticon Medical A/SInventors: Oleksandr Rybalko, Jens Troelsen, Rune Sø, Morten Thougaard
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Publication number: 20230396943Abstract: An assembly for a hearing aid is disclosed. The hearing aid with the assembly includes an in the ear part and a behind the ear part and a part mechanically interconnecting the two parts. In the interconnection, a flexible substrate is arranged. The flexible substrate includes conductive paths. The conductive paths may be used for communication between the in the ear part and the behind the ear part, and/or for an antenna function.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Kenneth Rueskov MØLLER, Jens TROELSEN, Rune SØ, Oliver SUNDBERG, Finn DANIELSEN, Jesper B. JOHANSEN, Mads SAGER, Svend Oscar PETERSEN, Bent JAKOBSEN
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Patent number: 11765530Abstract: An assembly for a hearing aid is disclosed. The hearing aid with the assembly comprises an in the ear part and a behind the ear part and a part mechanically interconnecting the two parts. In the interconnection, a flexible substrate is arranged. The flexible substrate comprises conductive paths. The conductive paths may be used for communication between the in the ear part and the behind the ear part, and/or for an antenna function.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: OTICON A/SInventors: Kenneth Rueskov Møller, Jens Troelsen, Rune Sø, Oliver Sundberg, Finn Danielsen, Jesper B. Johansen, Mads Sager, Svend Oscar Petersen, Bent Jakobsen
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Patent number: 11750986Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hearing aid with an RF antenna arranged within the hearing aid's housing, and a loudspeaker positioned in the ear canal of the user. The RF antenna is configured to receive and/or transmit electromagnetic RF signals within a first frequency range enclosing a first frequency of resonance of the RF antenna corresponding to a first wavelength. The hearing aid further comprises one or more electric leads electrically connected to lead one or more electric signals within a second frequency range not overlapping the first frequency range between the loudspeaker in the ear canal of the user and an electronic circuit in the housing, with the one or more electrical leads being decoupled, at a connector end of the one or more electrical leads, by means of one or more decoupling components.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Jens Troelsen, Oliver Sundberg, Kåre Tais Christensen, Henning Knak Poulsen
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Patent number: 11683650Abstract: A hearing aid system includes an implant unit and a sound processor unit. The implant unit may be a transcutaneous bone anchoring stimulator configured to provide an acoustical vibration to the skull of the user wearing the hearing aid system. The implant unit may be cochlear stimulator configured to stimulate neural nerves of the cochlear of the user wearing the hearing aid system. The sound processor unit may be a housing attached to the skin of the user and attached to the implant unit by a magnetic force.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2022Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Oticon Medical A/SInventors: Jens Troelsen, Oleksandr Rybalko
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Publication number: 20230148224Abstract: There is presented a hearing device for being placed at least partially in an ear canal. The hearing device includes a rechargeable battery, and at least two charging areas on the surface of the hearing device, the charging areas enabling recharging the rechargeable battery by applying a voltage from one charging area to another charging area. At least one charging area is positioned on the hearing device at the end of the hearing device facing into the middle ear during use and optionally out of contact with the walls of the ear canal during use.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2022Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Poul HENRIKSEN, Mikkel Finmand Kjær NIELSEN, Jens TROELSEN, Christian Asp MOGENSEN, Michel BERG
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Publication number: 20230092761Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hearing aid with an RF antenna arranged within the hearing aid's housing, and a loudspeaker positioned in the ear canal of the user. The RF antenna is configured to receive and/or transmit electromagnetic RF signals within a first frequency range enclosing a first frequency of resonance of the RF antenna corresponding to a first wavelength. The hearing aid further comprises one or more electric leads electrically connected to lead one or more electric signals within a second frequency range not overlapping the first frequency range between the loudspeaker in the ear canal of the user and an electronic circuit in the housing, with the one or more electrical leads being decoupled, at a connector end of the one or more electrical leads, by means of one or more decoupling components.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Jens TROELSEN, Oliver SUNDBERG, Kåre Tais CHRISTENSEN, Henning Knak POULSEN
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Publication number: 20230064076Abstract: A bone-anchored hearing aid is disclosed. A bone-anchored hearing aid for a recipient may comprise an antenna configured to transmit and/or receive a wireless signal, an electronic circuit configured to receive the wireless signal, one or more vibrator leads, a vibrator configured for receiving an electrical signal from the electronic circuit via the one or more vibrator leads, and the vibrator may be configured to provide a vibrational stimulation to the recipient patient based on the electrical signal. Furthermore, the hearing aid includes a vibrator housing configured to accommodate at least the vibrator, and wherein each of the one or more vibrator leads may be connected to the vibrator and to the vibrator housing via a capacitance, and where the capacitance is configured to eliminate at least a parasitic coupling between the vibrator and the vibrator housing for improving the performance of the antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: Oticon Medical A/SInventors: Morten THOUGAARD, Oleksandr RYBALKO, Jens TROELSEN, Rune SØ
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Publication number: 20230016254Abstract: A hearing device to be worn at least partly behind an ear of a user, comprising a housing; and a radio-frequency antenna arranged at least partly inside the housing is disclosed. The radio-frequency antenna is configured to receive and/or transmit electromagnetic radio-frequency signals, wherein the radio-frequency antenna comprises: at least one first antenna element with a plate like first surface, wherein the first antenna element has a feed for electrically connecting the radio-frequency antenna, and wherein the first antenna element has a ground.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Rune SØ, Jens TROELSEN, Morten THOUGAARD, Oleksandr RYBALKO
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Patent number: 11546706Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an RF antenna adapted to receive and/or transmit electromagnetic RF signals within a first frequency range enclosing a first frequency of resonance of the RF antenna, the RF antenna comprising: an electrically conductive antenna element having a feed for electrically connecting to an RF transmitter and/or an RF receiver; an electronic component adapted to receive and/or provide one or more electric signals from/to an electronic circuit within a second frequency range not overlapping the first frequency range; and one or more electric leads electrically connected to lead the one or more electric signals between the electronic component and the electronic circuit, each of the one or more electric leads being electrically connected to the electronic circuit through a respective inductor adapted to reflect and/or attenuate signals within the first frequency range and pass signals within the second frequency range.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Jens Troelsen, Oliver Sundberg, Kåre Tais Christensen, Henning Knak Poulsen
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Publication number: 20220417682Abstract: A hearing aid device includes at least one user input unit for controlling an operation mode of the hearing aid device, at least one signal line connecting the at least one user input unit with a control unit for controlling the hearing aid device, and an antenna module comprising at least two electrically conductive and electrically connectable layers forming a layered structure. The at least one user input unit is arranged at one of the layers of the antenna module, and the at least one signal line is provided at an inner surface of one of the layers facing one other layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicant: Oticon Medical A/SInventors: Oleksandr RYBALKO, Jens TROELSEN, Rune SØ, Morten THOUGAARD
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Publication number: 20220386044Abstract: A hearing aid comprises a housing, comprising: a substrate carrying a wireless interface, the substrate further carrying a processor, the substrate arranged in the housing; an antenna arranged in the housing, the antenna being connected to the wireless interface; the antenna configured to emit and/or receive electromagnetic fields, an electronic element, connected to the processor via an electrical connection line; wherein a decoupling element is provided in the electrical connection line wherein the decoupling element has a characteristic frequency at the frequency, at which the antenna is tuned to radiate and/or receive the electromagnetic fields.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: Oticon A/SInventors: Jens Troelsen, Poul Henriksen
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Patent number: 11483667Abstract: The disclosure presents a method and a hearing device comprising a first portion adapted for being arranged behind an ear of a user for providing a signal, an output transducer for converting the signal to an acoustic output, a coupling element coupled to the first portion, and wherein the coupling element is adapted for transmitting at least the signal or the acoustic output.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Jens Troelsen, Rune Sø, Morten Thougaard
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Patent number: 11483668Abstract: A hearing aid device configured to communicate wirelessly with an external device is disclosed. The hearing aid device comprises a housing with a microphone, an amplifier, where the hearing aid device comprises an antenna and either: a) a tube configured to deliver sound acoustically from a receiver in the housing to an ear mould or a dome or electrically to a receiver in an ear mould or a dome or b) a hook configured to deliver sound acoustically from a receiver in the housing to an ear mould or a dome. The antenna extends along at least a portion of the tube or the hook.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2021Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Oliver Sundberg, Jens Troelsen, Bjarne Kielsholm-Ribalaygua
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Patent number: 11463826Abstract: A hearing aid device includes at least one user input unit for controlling an operation mode of the hearing aid device, at least one signal line connecting the at least one user input unit with a control unit for controlling the hearing aid device, and an antenna module comprising at least two electrically conductive and electrically connectable layers forming a layered structure. The at least one user input unit is arranged at one of the layers of the antenna module, and the at least one signal line is provided at an inner surface of one of the layers facing one other layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: OTICON MEDICAL A/SInventors: Oleksandr Rybalko, Jens Troelsen, Rune Sø, Morten Thougaard
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Patent number: 11451089Abstract: A charger for charging a device to be inductively charged is described, comprising an excitation coil made of an electrical conductor wound around a toroidal core to excite a magnetic field inside the toroidal core, the toroidal core having an air-gap between two end-faces of the toroidal core, wherein the two end-faces are facing each other, and the winding density of the excitation coil along the toroidal length of the toroidal core is higher in the vicinity of the respective end-faces as compared to the remaining parts of the toroidal core.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Alessandro De Masi, Lars Pinnerup Frederiksen, Jens Troelsen, Lars Riemer
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Patent number: 11425511Abstract: A hearing aid comprises a housing, comprising: a substrate carrying a wireless interface, the substrate further carrying a processor, the substrate arranged in the housing; an antenna arranged in the housing, the antenna being connected to the wireless interface; the antenna configured to emit and/or receive electromagnetic fields, an electronic element, connected to the processor via an electrical connection line; wherein a decoupling element is provided in the electrical connection line wherein the decoupling element has a characteristic frequency at the frequency, at which the antenna is tuned to radiate and/or receive the electromagnetic fields.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Oticon A/SInventors: Jens Troelsen, Poul Henriksen
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Patent number: 11399241Abstract: A device is provided. The device includes an antenna for communicating with one or more hearing aids. The device further comprises a coil for receiving a wireless signal. The device comprises a first ground plane connected to the antenna. The device comprises a second ground plane connected to the coil. The first ground plane and the second ground plane are decoupled via a decoupling element so that noise from one ground plane does not propagate to the other ground plane at certain frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Oticon A/SInventor: Jens Troelsen