Patents by Inventor Rudolf Wandl

Rudolf Wandl 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: 5673328
    Abstract: A bone conducting hearing aid comprises a housing adapted to be pressed against a head of a user and a magnetic system held in the hearing aid housing, The magnetic system includes a permanent magnet, a coil, an armature of a soft magnetic material and a spring holding the armature. A conductor button is arranged to move with the armature, the conductor button being shaped to be brought into contact with the mastoid bone of the user's head, and a rubber bearing having a predetermined elastic constant holds a support spring for the conductor button on the hearing aid housing. To increase the difference between the useful signal and the spurious signal received by the hearing aid, the support spring has an elastic constant not exceeding 0.4 N/cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1997
    Assignee: Viennatone GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Wandl, Kurt Schermann