Patents by Inventor Uwe Flaig

Uwe Flaig 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).

  • Publication number: 20230179931
    Abstract: A charging contact assembly for a hearing device system. The assembly has a first charging contact which is accessible on an outer side for contacting with a first mating contact of a mating contact assembly, and a second charging contact which is accessible on the outer side for contacting with a second mating contact of the mating contact assembly. Furthermore, the charging contact assembly has a control contact which is galvanically isolated on the outer side from the first and the second charging contacts, and a charging controller which is configured to detect a proper contacting of the first and second charging contacts with the corresponding mating contact based on contact with the control contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventor: Uwe Flaig
  • Patent number: 11019435
    Abstract: A hearing instrument includes a housing, a receiver and at least one other component mounted in the housing, in particular a battery and/or an electronic frame. The hearing instrument also has a coupling unit for the vibration-reduced mounting of the receiver. The receiver is elastically coupled by the coupling unit to the at least one additional component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Sivanots Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Uwe Flaig, Hartmut Ritter
  • Patent number: 10873818
    Abstract: A damping device for the anti-vibration mounting of a receiver within a hearing instrument includes an elastic damping element, a cage connected to the elastic damping element, and a shell surrounding the cage. The elastic damping element and at least a part of the shell have a lower hardness than the cage. A hearing instrument having a corresponding damping device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Sivantos Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Uwe Flaig, Hartmut Ritter
  • Patent number: 10863292
    Abstract: An elastic damping element provides a vibration-damping mounting of a receiver inside a hearing instrument. The damping element contains a hollow base body, from the inner surface of which a plurality of retaining projections project, and each retaining projection has at its distal end a contact surface for the receiver that will be mounted there. A recess, which is formed in an outer surface of the base body in alignment with the associated retaining projection in order to achieve a reduced material thickness, corresponds with at least one of the retaining projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Sivantos Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Uwe Flaig, Hartmut Ritter
  • Patent number: 10623873
    Abstract: A hearing device has a sealable housing with a wall that delimits an inner space. In addition, the hearing device has a microphone which is arranged in the inner space, and a microphone opening in the wall, as well as a protective element for protecting the microphone. The housing has a sound channel with at least one sound inlet opening, and the protective element is positioned in the sound channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Sivantos Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Uwe Flaig, Hartmut Ritter
  • Publication number: 20200068322
    Abstract: A hearing instrument includes a housing, a receiver and at least one other component mounted in the housing, in particular a battery and/or an electronic frame. The hearing instrument also has a coupling unit for the vibration-reduced mounting of the receiver. The receiver is elastically coupled by the coupling unit to the at least one additional component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: UWE FLAIG, HARTMUT RITTER
  • Publication number: 20200068325
    Abstract: An elastic damping element provides a vibration-damping mounting of a receiver inside a hearing instrument. The damping element contains a hollow base body, from the inner surface of which a plurality of retaining projections project, and each retaining projection has at its distal end a contact surface for the receiver that will be mounted there. A recess, which is formed in an outer surface of the base body in alignment with the associated retaining projection in order to achieve a reduced material thickness, corresponds with at least one of the retaining projections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: UWE FLAIG, HARTMUT RITTER
  • Publication number: 20200068321
    Abstract: A damping device for the anti-vibration mounting of a receiver within a hearing instrument includes an elastic damping element, a cage connected to the elastic damping element, and a shell surrounding the cage. The elastic damping element and at least a part of the shell have a lower hardness than the cage. A hearing instrument having a corresponding damping device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: UWE FLAIG, HARTMUT RITTER
  • Patent number: 10321246
    Abstract: A hearing instrument has a hearing device rear housing, at least one microphone, a receiver, an earpiece connection or a soundc tube, an earpiece, a power supply unit, and a signal processing unit. The power supply unit includes a rechargeable power supply and an actuating and control device. The hearing instrument further includes a switching device that is configured to assume at least two switching states, and the actuating and control device is configured to actuate a switched-off state of the hearing instrument depending on the switching state of the switching device. There is also described a corresponding power supply unit for a hearing instrument.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Sivantos Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Uwe Flaig, Anand Ganapathy, Stefanie Beyfuss, Uwe Rass, Frank Naumann
  • Publication number: 20190132690
    Abstract: A hearing device has a sealable housing with a wall that delimits an inner space. In addition, the hearing device has a microphone which is arranged in the inner space, and a microphone opening in the wall, as well as a protective element for protecting the microphone. The housing has a sound channel with at least one sound inlet opening, and the protective element is positioned in the sound channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: UWE FLAIG, HARTMUT RITTER
  • Patent number: 10200799
    Abstract: A hearing device has a microphone for detecting an acoustic signal from the environment of the hearing device, and a housing in which the microphone is arranged. The housing is formed with a microphone opening through which the microphone communicates with the environment of the hearing device for detecting the acoustic signal. The hearing device further has a damping element, by way of which the microphone is supported against the housing. Moreover, the hearing device has a barrier element for sealing the microphone opening against moisture in a sound-transmitting manner. The damping element has a pocket in which the barrier element is received reversibly. Furthermore, the barrier element is sealed off from the housing by way of the damping element all around the microphone opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Sivantos Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Uwe Flaig, Wolfgang Schleifer
  • Patent number: 9877122
    Abstract: A hearing device includes a housing having an assembly opening and a housing cap for closing the assembly opening. The hearing device also includes a signal processing unit disposed in the housing and a sealing body for sealing the housing against the ingress of contaminants. Additionally, the hearing device includes an antenna body for wireless signal transmission with a separate device. This antenna body is embedded in the sealing body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Sivantos Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Uwe Flaig
  • Publication number: 20170188162
    Abstract: A hearing instrument has a hearing device rear housing, at least one microphone, a receiver, an earpiece connection or a soundc tube, an earpiece, a power supply unit, and a signal processing unit. The power supply unit includes a rechargeable power supply and an actuating and control device. The hearing instrument further includes a switching device that is configured to assume at least two switching states, and the actuating and control device is configured to actuate a switched-off state of the hearing instrument depending on the switching state of the switching device. There is also described a corresponding power supply unit for a hearing instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: UWE FLAIG, ANAND GANAPATHY, STEFANIE BEYFUSS, UWE RASS, FRANK NAUMANN
  • Publication number: 20160337766
    Abstract: A hearing device includes a housing having an assembly opening and a housing cap for closing the assembly opening. The hearing device also includes a signal processing unit disposed in the housing and a sealing body for sealing the housing against the ingress of contaminants. Additionally, the hearing device includes an antenna body for wireless signal transmission with a separate device. This antenna body is embedded in the sealing body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventor: UWE FLAIG
  • Publication number: 20160337764
    Abstract: A hearing device has a microphone for detecting an acoustic signal from the environment of the hearing device, and a housing in which the microphone is arranged. The housing is formed with a microphone opening through which the microphone communicates with the environment of the hearing device for detecting the acoustic signal. The hearing device further has a damping element, by way of which the microphone is supported against the housing. Moreover, the hearing device has a barrier element for sealing the microphone opening against moisture in a sound-transmitting manner. The damping element has a pocket in which the barrier element is received reversibly. Furthermore, the barrier element is sealed off from the housing by way of the damping element all around the microphone opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: UWE FLAIG, WOLFGANG SCHLEIFER
  • Publication number: 20150086053
    Abstract: A hearing instrument has a battery compartment switch which causes the hearing instrument to switch on/off. An electrical contact to the battery is established and interrupted by the battery compartment switch when the battery compartment is closed and opened. An on/off contour in the area of the battery compartment and a correspondingly shaped battery contact device are provided, the configurations are tailored, so that the lift-off area for lifting the battery contact device away from the battery and the contact area of the battery contact device are separated from one another. The battery contact device has a lift-off area and a contact area. Both areas are configured separately to reduce the wear on the on/off contour and to secure electrical contacting of the battery. This enables a lift-off area with a large surface, through which the mechanical pressure on the on/off contour is distributed and is thus reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: UWE FLAIG, HOLGER KRAL
  • Patent number: 8611573
    Abstract: A hearing aid has an audio-shoe interface, and a hearing-aid system includes a hearing aid and an audio shoe. The hearing aid has a housing, in which an undercut and an abutment are provided. The abutment is arranged opposite to the undercut. Undercut and abutment are embodied such that a retaining lug of an audio shoe can be inserted into the undercut by a rotational movement. The abutment is embodied such that a retaining lug inserted into the undercut can only be removed from the undercut again by a rotational movement in the opposite direction. A lock prevents a rotational movement of an inserted audio shoe in the opposite direction. When the electrical contacts between audio shoe and hearing aid are disposed in the undercut, these too are hidden from view and well protected against external influences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Instruments Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Uwe Flaig, Holger Kral
  • Patent number: 8542858
    Abstract: A behind-the-ear hearing device has a hearing device housing and a user-operable switch. At least two microphones are disposed below the switch in the hearing device housing, and the housing is formed with first sound openings that are arranged directly below the switch. The switch is preferably a rocker switch. The microphones can be positioned below a switch in a space-saving fashion and the installation space of the hearing device housing can thus be used optimally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Instruments Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Uwe Flaig, Volker Gebhardt, Holger Kral, Dietmar Lommel, Herve Schulz
  • Publication number: 20130236041
    Abstract: An at least two-piece battery holder is provided for use with a hearing device. The respective individual parts of the battery holder mainly differ here in their material and their material properties. An inner component which is prone to be worn is manufactured from a harder material than a more optically attractive outer component of the battery holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: SIEMENS MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS PTE. LTD.
    Inventor: UWE FLAIG
  • Patent number: 8351627
    Abstract: A hearing aid includes an identifier for identifying usage of the hearing aid at a correct side on the left ear or the right ear of a wearer. The identifier is constructed as a rotational element having a first feature and a second feature to be respectively set by a rotational movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Instruments Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Mo Choong Marie Chan, Uwe Flaig, Holger Kral, Martin Segerud, Wee Hiong Tan, Ju Lin Teo