Patents by Inventor Thorvaldur Oli Bodvarsson
Thorvaldur Oli Bodvarsson 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: 20240114304Abstract: Disclosed is a system, a hearing device and a method for encapsulating one or more electronic components on a substrate. The method comprises providing a dam on the substrate, the dam is provided around the one or more electronic components, the dam comprises a dam material comprising an electrically conducting material. The method comprises providing a liquid fill encapsulation material within the dam on the substrate, the fill encapsulation material encapsulates the one or more electronic components, the fill encapsulation material is configured to solidify, the solidified fill encapsulating material comprises a first surface exposed to surroundings. The method comprises applying a cover material on the first surface of the solidified fill encapsulation material, the cover material comprising an electrically conducting material, whereby the one or more electronic components are encapsulated and electromagnetically shielded.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: GN Hearing A/SInventor: Thorvaldur Oli BODVARSSON
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Patent number: 11943589Abstract: Audio device, electronic circuit, and related methods, in particular a method of manufacturing an electronic circuit for an audio device is disclosed, the method comprising providing a circuit board; mounting one or more electronic components including a first electronic component on the circuit board; applying a first insulation layer outside the first electronic component; and applying a first shielding layer outside the first insulation layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: GN HEARING A/SInventors: Thorvaldur Oli Bodvarsson, Kamila Piotrowska, Prasong Thongkhan
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Publication number: 20240073632Abstract: The present disclosure relates in a first aspect to a head-wearable hearing instrument comprising first and second portions and a radio-frequency data communication interface configured to transmit and receive data packets at transmit and receipt time slots, respectively, through a wireless communication channel. The head-wearable hearing instrument comprises a connector assembly configured to electrically and mechanically interconnect the first portion with the second portion. The second portion comprises a sensor configured to measure a physical property and generate sensor data representative of the measured physical property. The head-wearable hearing instrument further comprises a wired data communication link extending between the first and second portions through the connector assembly for transmission of sensor data during transmit time slots. Said transmit time slots of the sensor data and at least said receipt time slots of the wireless communication channel are non-overlapping in time.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: GN Hearing A/SInventors: Søren Helstrup Kvist, Thorvaldur Oli Bodvarsson
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Patent number: 11917374Abstract: The present disclosure relates in a first aspect to a head-wearable hearing instrument comprising first and second portions and a radio-frequency data communication interface configured to transmit and receive data packets at transmit and receipt time slots, respectively, through a wireless communication channel. The head-wearable hearing instrument comprises a connector assembly configured to electrically and mechanically interconnect the first portion with the second portion. The second portion comprises a sensor configured to measure a physical property and generate sensor data representative of the measured physical property. The head-wearable hearing instrument further comprises a wired data communication link extending between the first and second portions through the connector assembly for transmission of sensor data during transmit time slots. Said transmit time slots of the sensor data and at least said receipt time slots of the wireless communication channel are non-overlapping in time.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2023Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: GN HEARING A/SInventors: Søren Helstrup Kvist, Thorvaldur Oli Bodvarsson
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Patent number: 11882411Abstract: Disclosed is a system, a hearing device and a method for encapsulating one or more electronic components on a substrate. The method comprises providing a dam on the substrate, the dam is provided around the one or more electronic components, the dam comprises a dam material comprising an electrically conducting material. The method comprises providing a liquid fill encapsulation material within the dam on the substrate, the fill encapsulation material encapsulates the one or more electronic components, the fill encapsulation material is configured to solidify, the solidified fill encapsulating material comprises a first surface exposed to surroundings. The method comprises applying a cover material on the first surface of the solidified fill encapsulation material, the cover material comprising an electrically conducting material, whereby the one or more electronic components are encapsulated and electromagnetically shielded.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: GN HEARING A/SInventor: Thorvaldur Oli Bodvarsson
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Publication number: 20230224649Abstract: The present disclosure relates in a first aspect to a head-wearable hearing instrument comprising first and second portions and a radio-frequency data communication interface configured to transmit and receive data packets at transmit and receipt time slots, respectively, through a wireless communication channel. The head-wearable hearing instrument comprises a connector assembly configured to electrically and mechanically interconnect the first portion with the second portion. The second portion comprises a sensor configured to measure a physical property and generate sensor data representative of the measured physical property. The head-wearable hearing instrument further comprises a wired data communication link extending between the first and second portions through the connector assembly for transmission of sensor data during transmit time slots. Said transmit time slots of the sensor data and at least said receipt time slots of the wireless communication channel are non-overlapping in time.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2023Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: GN Hearing A/SInventors: Søren Helstrup Kvist, Thorvaldur Oli Bodvarsson
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Publication number: 20230156907Abstract: A method comprises: providing a circuit board comprising a first surface, an opposing second surface, and a ground connection; defining a shielding zone and a non-shielding zone on the first surface, one or more shielding-zone electronic components being comprised within the shielding zone; providing a groove in the circuit board, the groove extending along at least part of the shielding zone and being in-between the shielding zone and the non-shielding zone; applying an insulating encapsulation layer to cover the shielding zone, whereby the one or more shielding-zone electronic components are encapsulated; applying an electrically conductive shielding layer on top of at least part of the encapsulation layer and to the ground connection so as to electrically couple the shielding layer to the ground connection, whereby the one or more shielding-zone electronic components are electromagnetically shielded. Further, disclosed is a circuit board, and a hearing device comprising a circuit board.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: GN Hearing A/SInventors: Thorvaldur Oli Bodvarsson, Maja Amskov Gravad, Kamila Piotrowska
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Patent number: 11653158Abstract: The present disclosure relates in a first aspect to a head-wearable hearing instrument comprising first and second portions and a radio-frequency data communication interface configured to transmit and receive data packets at transmit and receipt time slots, respectively, through a wireless communication channel. The head-wearable hearing instrument comprises a connector assembly configured to electrically and mechanically interconnect the first portion with the second portion. The second portion comprises a sensor configured to measure a physical property and generate sensor data representative of the measured physical property. The head-wearable hearing instrument further comprises a wired data communication link extending between the first and second portions through the connector assembly for transmission of sensor data during transmit time slots. Said transmit time slots of the sensor data and at least said receipt time slots of the wireless communication channel are non-overlapping in time.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: GN HEARING A/SInventors: Søren Helstrup Kvist, Thorvaldur Oli Bodvarsson
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Patent number: 11510021Abstract: A hearing aid device comprising a behind-the-ear part, an at-the-head part, a coupling element, a second antenna, and a wireless interface is disclosed. The behind-the-ear part is adapted for being arranged at an ear of a user and for providing a low frequency signal comprising audio. The at-the-head part is adapted for being arranged at the head of the user. The at-the-head part includes a first antenna adapted to communicate with an implant part comprising at least one cochlear electrode adapted for being arranged in the cochlea in proximity of an auditory nerve of the user. The coupling element couples the behind-the-ear part and the at-the-head part and is adapted for transmitting the low frequency signal comprising audio to the at-the-head part. The second antenna is adapted for communicating at high frequency with an external unit. The wireless interface is adapted for receiving and/or sending data via the second antenna.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: OTICON A/SInventor: Thorvaldur Oli Bodvarsson
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Publication number: 20220272466Abstract: Disclosed is a hearing device comprising a battery module. The battery module comprises a battery for powering the hearing device; a conductor unit for providing electrical connection to the battery; a conductive adhesive arranged between the battery and the conductor unit for connecting the conductor unit to the battery to form a battery component; and a coating provided at least partly around the battery component to form the battery module.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Applicant: GN Hearing 2 A/SInventors: Thorvaldur Oli BODVARSSON, Kamila PIOTROWSKA, Emil Holm KNUDSEN
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Publication number: 20220240032Abstract: Disclosed is a system, a hearing device and a method for encapsulating one or more electronic components on a substrate. The method comprises providing a dam on the substrate, the dam is provided around the one or more electronic components, the dam comprises a dam material comprising an electrically conducting material. The method comprises providing a liquid fill encapsulation material within the dam on the substrate, the fill encapsulation material encapsulates the one or more electronic components, the fill encapsulation material is configured to solidify, the solidified fill encapsulating material comprises a first surface exposed to surroundings. The method comprises applying a cover material on the first surface of the solidified fill encapsulation material, the cover material comprising an electrically conducting material, whereby the one or more electronic components are encapsulated and electromagnetically shielded.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: GN Hearing A/SInventor: Thorvaldur Oli BODVARSSON
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Publication number: 20220232742Abstract: Audio device, electronic circuit, and related methods, in particular a method of manufacturing an electronic circuit for an audio device is disclosed, the method comprising providing a circuit board; mounting one or more electronic components including a first electronic component on the circuit board; applying a first insulation layer outside the first electronic component; and applying a first shielding layer outside the first insulation layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2022Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicant: GN Hearing A/SInventors: Thorvaldur Oli BODVARSSON, Kamila PIOTROWSKA, Henrik SCHULTZ-MIKKELSEN, Michael SKOVDAL-OLSEN
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Publication number: 20220132257Abstract: Audio device, electronic circuit, and related methods, in particular a method of manufacturing an electronic circuit for an audio device is disclosed, the method comprising providing a circuit board; mounting one or more electronic components including a first electronic component on the circuit board; applying a first insulation layer outside the first electronic component; and applying a first shielding layer outside the first insulation layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2021Publication date: April 28, 2022Applicant: GN Hearing A/SInventors: Thorvaldur Oli BODVARSSON, Kamila PIOTROWSKA, Prasong THONGKHAN
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Publication number: 20220006108Abstract: A system and method for refuelling a fuel cell having a fuel reservoir. The system includes a cartridge (1) having a first reservoir (2) for storing fuel for the fuel cell and a refuelling unit adapted to receive a waste liquid from the fuel reservoir of the fuel cell and provide fuel from the first reservoir (2) of the cartridge (1) to the fuel reservoir of the fuel cell. The system further includes a second reservoir for storing the waste liquid from the fuel cell, a cartridge for use with the system, a refuelling unit for use with the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2019Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicant: Widex A/SInventors: Per Kokholm SORENSEN, Boris VALNERT, Thorvaldur Oli BODVARSSON, Drew ROSSKELLY, Michael Frydendal LARSSEN, Rune Aarup DUE
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Publication number: 20210337322Abstract: The present disclosure relates in a first aspect to a head-wearable hearing instrument comprising first and second portions and a radio-frequency data communication interface configured to transmit and receive data packets at transmit and receipt time slots, respectively, through a wireless communication channel. The head-wearable hearing instrument comprises a connector assembly configured to electrically and mechanically interconnect the first portion with the second portion. The second portion comprises a sensor configured to measure a physical property and generate sensor data representative of the measured physical property. The head-wearable hearing instrument further comprises a wired data communication link extending between the first and second portions through the connector assembly for transmission of sensor data during transmit time slots. Said transmit time slots of the sensor data and at least said receipt time slots of the wireless communication channel are non-overlapping in time.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2021Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: GN Hearing A/SInventors: Søren Kvist, Thorvaldur Oli Bodvarsson
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Publication number: 20210280882Abstract: Disclosed is a refueling unit for refueling a fuel cell. The refueling unit comprising a fuel cell receiving section and a cartridge receiving section. The refueling unit is configured to receive through a waste inlet a waste fluid. The refueling unit further comprises an intermediate fuel reservoir for storing fuel. The refueling unit is configured to firstly receive in the intermediate fuel reservoir a predetermined amount of fuel from a cartridge and secondly empty the intermediate fuel reservoir and guide said fuel stored therein into the fuel reservoir of a fuel cell connected to the fuel cell receiving section.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2019Publication date: September 9, 2021Applicant: WIDEX A/SInventors: Michael Frydendal LARSSEN, Per Kokholm SORENSEN, Thorvaldur Oli BODVARSSON, Boris VALNERT
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Publication number: 20210270379Abstract: Disclosed is a fluid system comprising a first member and a membrane sheet. The first member having a first surface, a first fluid inlet and a first flow channel. The membrane sheet having a first side, a second side opposite to the first side and a first slit, wherein the first side of the membrane sheet is abutting the first surface of the first member, the first flow channel forming a fluid passage from the first fluid inlet towards the first slit. The fluid system is configured to allow said membrane sheet to deform and thereby open said first slit and enable a fluid in the first flow channel to flow through the first slit when the pressure at the first slit is higher on the first side of the membrane sheet than on the second side of the membrane sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2019Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: WIDEX A/SInventors: Michael Frydendal LARSSEN, Per Kokholm SORENSEN, Thorvaldur Oli BODVARSSON, Boris VALNERT
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Publication number: 20210266685Abstract: A hearing aid device comprising a behind-the-ear part, an at-the-head part, a coupling element, a second antenna, and a wireless interface is disclosed. The behind-the-ear part is adapted for being arranged at an ear of a user and for providing a low frequency signal comprising audio. The at-the-head part is adapted for being arranged at the head of the user. The at-the-head part includes a first antenna adapted to communicate with an implant part comprising at least one cochlear electrode adapted for being arranged in the cochlea in proximity of an auditory nerve of the user. The coupling element couples the behind-the-ear part and the at-the-head part and is adapted for transmitting the low frequency signal comprising audio to the at-the-head part. The second antenna is adapted for communicating at high frequency with an external unit. The wireless interface is adapted for receiving and/or sending data via the second antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2021Publication date: August 26, 2021Applicant: Oticon A/SInventor: Thorvaldur Oli BODVARSSON
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Patent number: 11039258Abstract: A hearing aid device comprising a behind-the-ear part, an at-the-head part, a coupling element, a second antenna, and a wireless interface is disclosed. The behind-the-ear part is adapted for being arranged at an ear of a user and for providing a low frequency signal comprising audio. The at-the-head part is adapted for being arranged at the head of the user. The at-the-head part includes a first antenna adapted to communicate with an implant part comprising at least one cochlear electrode adapted for being arranged in the cochlea in proximity of an auditory nerve of the user. The coupling element couples the behind-the-ear part and the at-the-head part and is adapted for transmitting the low frequency signal comprising audio to the at-the-head part. The second antenna is adapted for communicating at high frequency with an external unit. The wireless interface is adapted for receiving and/or sending data via the second antenna.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2020Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: OTICON A/SInventor: Thorvaldur Oli Bodvarsson
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Patent number: 10992130Abstract: A head-worn device comprises a housing with an insulating housing wall and is housing a conducting element (24; 31) having at least one end embedded into the housing wall, and a component (22; 30) being arranged adjacent to the conducting element (24; 31). The component (22; 30) and the conducting element (24; 31) are being separated by a partitioning element (26; 28; 40) provided as an insulator. The partitioning element (26; 28; 40) is having a shape increasing the travelling distance for a spark between the conducting element (24; 31) and the component (22; 30) by at least 40%, and a thickness and a Dielectric Strength sufficient to resist 3 kV without breaking down.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2018Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Widex A/SInventors: Thorvaldur Oli Bodvarsson, Michael Frydendal Larssen